nyolles

nopes.... man this is driving me absolutely nuts

still not working [root sbin]# mysqladmin ping gives: mysqladmin: connect to server at \'localhost\' failed error: \'Can\'t connect to local MySQL server through socket \'/var/lib/mysql/mysql .sock\' (2)\' Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: \'/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock\' ex ists! [root sbin]# safe_mysqld & gives: [3] 22418 [root sbin]# Starting mysqld-max daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql till I break it. and I still get this at the website : Can\'t connect to local MySQL server through socket \'/tmp/mysql.sock\' (2)

actually how long should it take. if I long in as the su I can run safe_mysqld and it says: Starting mysqld-max daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql and kind of goes blank forever...

What is that picture of yours? Depending on how I tilt my head I see different depictions. anyways, I ran shutdown. I no longer get the mysqld is alive message I found safe_mysqld in /usr/sbin/ and ran it: [admin sbin]$ safe_mysqld or [admin sbin]$ safe_mysqld --user=root -p came up with: Starting mysqld-max daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql /usr/bin/safe_mysqld: /var/lib/mysql/www.weblord.com.err: Permission denied /usr/bin/safe_mysqld: /var/lib/mysql/www.weblord.com.err: Permission denied tee: /var/lib/mysql/www.weblord.com.err: Permission denied 030418 15:59:14 mysqld ended tee: /var/lib/mysql/www.weblord.com.err: Permission denied

sorry about the three seperate posts. The server is linux on a cobalt box I don\'t remember configuring anything. Other\'s may have though. We did install a package called OS Commerce is that installed a php program and mysql for me. I don\'t use the commerce program but mysql was working fine after that was installed.

[note from effigy: nate - you did not need 3 separate topics for this issue - i have consolidated them here - my inputs are green ] 1: MySQL was working until the server was rebooting, now I don\'t know what is going on. I gathered this, so I typed it: [admin /]$ mysqladmin ping Which came back with mysqld is alive my webpage say this: Can\'t connect to local MySQL server through socket \'/tmp/mysql.sock\' (2) I haven\'t a clue as to what to do now. 2: where is sql installed, I can\'t run mysqld or mysqld_safe 3: The website error gives me: Can\'t connect to local MySQL server through socket \'/tmp/mysql.sock\' (2) and I found the mysql.sock file in: var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock instead of /tmp/mysql.sock so like the manual said I tried [root /]# safe_mysqld and [root /]# safe_mysqld --socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock I got: A mysqld process already exists I\'ve been searching the manual and trying things all day. I\'m lost any help would be greatly appreciated. Nate