>check if mysql is running > >On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 09:43:48 +0100, Graham Cossey <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I'm hoping someone can help with a problem I am having connecting to my >> local MySQL installation. >> >> I am running FC2 and MySQL 4.0.20. >> >> When I attempt to connect to MySQL I get the following message: >> >> ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket >> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) >> <snip> Simple really isn't it... it was not running, sorry. I found that the 'mysql' user & group did not exist, and these own the mysql directories. So I created the user & group (with ID 27) and issued the '/etc/init.d/mysql start' statement and it all works. cheers Graham
