where have u installed MySQL?
try giving this:
mysqladmin -u root password <pwd>
then try giving
/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql start
type in the prompt
mysql -p
bye,
Prashanth
--- Rakesh Ambati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi,
> whenever I try to connect to MySQl Server on my
> local
> machine I get following error.
>
> Can't connect to MySQl Server throught socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'
>
> please help me solve this problem.
>
> TIA
>
> -Rakesh
>
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