On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 17:31:03 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am now getting > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop]# mysql -u root -pmypasshere > ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) > > any thoughts... > > once again thanks for the assistance
It seems like your MySQL server is not running. Try: # /etc/init.d/mysql start And check what does the error log say. On my Fedora it is in: /var/lib/mysql/hostname.err -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]