[CentOS] Starting MySQL

[Mariano Mara]

Todd Cary escribió:
> When I run
>
> # mysql
>
> I get this error:
>
> ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket 
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
>
> What do I need to do?  The install of MySQL was done as part of the 
> Centos setup.
>
> Todd
>
Try with:

usr/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &

Replace usr/bin/ with the right path to mysqld_safe

As far as I recall you need to have the client installation too to make 
it work.
You can check if you have it already installed by accessing the man page 
for mysqld_safe