Mysql has a socket failure

Question

mysql is currently showing

Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

when i try to logon at the moment. Does anyone have any solutions?

^ suggest you go through the same steps he did, before looking at the answers — rjdown, Mar 21 '15 at 17:17

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 21 '15 at 17:25

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Try to kill the socket with (this may depend on your OS)

rm /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
rm: remove socket `/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'? y

restart the service

service mysqld start

answered Mar 21 '15 at 17:25

Eduardo Ramos

rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock': No such file or directory – matt Mar 21 '15 at 17:43

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