Re: Error 2002 with MySQL on a new Centos 5.5 installation

[Eero Volotinen <eero.volotinen@xxxxxx>]

2011/3/26 Todd Cary <todd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> With my new Centos installation, I get the following error when I type in
>
> # mysql
>
> ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
>
> I have Googled the error, but the results do not appear to be helpful

try starting server first and enable it on start:

service mysqld start ; chkconfig mysqld on

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Eero
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