Imad Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 As the title describes, I keep getting that error. /usr/local/mysql/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! (I've installed MySQL a dozen times on other servers and never encountered such an error, so I'm pretty much puzzled.) Sometimes I can get it to work, and when I do, it clears the root password and everything up so I have to do it all over again. If I attempt to shutdown the MySQL server, then try to restart, I get stuck with the sock 2 error for a bunch of times until it decides to work again. This is very unstable and unworkable. Any ideas on why it's doing this? I installed it manually using the tar.gz source files version 5.0.83 on Redhat Linux Enterprise 5. The config I used was "./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql --with-charset=utf8 --with-collation=utf8_general_ci" Despite /tmp/mysql.sock exists, it returns the error. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Best Regards. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/163253-mysql-sock-2-doesnt-exist/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenway Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Have you consulted the refman page on this issue? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/163253-mysql-sock-2-doesnt-exist/#findComment-864759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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