On 11 Mar 2005 at 15:55, a a wrote: > > to start mysql server (root) > > /etc/init.d/mysql start > > [root@spr1-derb3-3-0-cust203 init.d]# mysql start > ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) > > ... oops .... what is happening plz? SeLinux. I about went crazy trying to figure out what was keeping me from accessing MySQL until I disabled it. You should run yum to update the security policy and then re-enable it. Tzaia