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From: "John W Cunningham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "MySQL List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 12:48
Subject: Connection error with fresh installation on RedHat 7
> Hi,
>
> I just installed MySQL via rpms on a fresh installation of Redhat 7 pro
> server. It seems fine at first and it seems to be running. When I check
> the process with: ps aux |grep mysql, I get:
> root 925 0.0 0.4 1516 588 pts/0 S 23:28 0:00 grep mysq
>
The above output comes from your ps command. Otherwise it says you have not
started the mysql server yet. You should see several lines with mysqld if
the server is running.
> But when I try: mysqladmin -p ping
> I get:
> mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysq'
> Check that mysqld is running and that the socket:
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' e
>
> I'm a newbie at Linux, and an experienced user of MySQL but a newbie
> Administrator. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
>
> -John
>
>
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