----- Original Message -----
From: "J. A. Tovey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 9:09 AM
Subject: socket error
> hi -
>
> i have got to the beginning stages of
> installation - on trying to create a root
> password with:
>
> bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'password'
>
> i get
>
> bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost'
> failed
> error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server
> through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)'
> Check that mysqld is running and that the socket:
> '/tmp/mysql.sock' exists!
> [1]+ Done bin/safe_mysqld
> --user=mysql
>
>
> how can i fix this ?
>
> i had previously started the server with:
>
> [root@jt mysql]# bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql &
>
> and it had returned:
>
> [1] 3698
> [root@jt mysql]# Starting mysqld daemon with
> databases from /usr/local/mysql/data
> 030211 12:32:05 mysqld ended
>From this last line you can tell that the mysqld has not started properly
('mysql ended'). That's why you can't connect to it via mysqladmin.
Check the mysqld log (/usr/local/mysql/data/your.machine.name.err) for
errors.
Peter
<^_^>
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