Bug #18471 error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'
Submitted: 23 Mar 2006 20:31 Modified: 23 Mar 2006 21:46
Reporter: Aquila Chaves Email Updates:
Status: Not a Bug Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server Severity:S1 (Critical)
Version:5.0 OS:Linux (Linux Fedora)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[23 Mar 2006 20:31] Aquila Chaves
Description:
 - Give the command "mysqld_safe":
[root@panthro mysql]# bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &
[1] 7298
[root@panthro mysql]# Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
{processing... the cursor is blinking but I don't have any answer... So, I press <ENTER>]
[root@panthro mysql]#

 - The log message is:
060323 16:51:11  mysqld started
060323 16:51:11  InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 43655
060323 16:51:11 [Note] /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld: ready for connections.
Version: '5.0.19-standard'  socket: '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'  port: 3306  MySQL Community Edition - Standard (GPL)

 - Aparently it's OK. But when I execute the command below occurs the following error:
[root@panthro mysql]# bin/mysqladmin version
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!

 - In the log file, there isn't any new message. No Log Message was generated.

 - Now, I kill the process and tried another command (I don't execute the inicial command “bin/mysqld_safe –user=mysql &”). But I have the same answer:
[root@panthro mysql]# bin/mysqladmin variables
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!

 - No log message was generated.
 - Maybe, I have change the port that MySQL is operating. Or the command "bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &" is not really starting the DB.

Thank's

How to repeat:
Just Repeat the same steps I did.

Suggested fix:
Maybe, I have change the port that MySQL is operating. Or the command "bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &" is not really starting the DB.
[23 Mar 2006 21:46] Hartmut Holzgraefe
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