2011/3/26 Todd Cary todd@aristesoftware.com:

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

-- Eero