On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 10:12:02AM -0800, Todd Cary enlightened us: > Craig White wrote: > >On Sat, 2007-01-27 at 09:18 -0800, Todd Cary wrote: > > > >>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. > >> > >---- > >as root... > > > >/sbin/service mysqld start > > > >socket isn't available for connection unless mysqld is running > > > >Craig > > > >_______________________________________________ > >CentOS mailing list > >CentOS at centos.org > >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > > > When I submit > > # /sbin/service mysqld start > > I get the message: mysqld unrecognized service > > When I type in > > # yum install mysql > > I am told it is already installed. Also, the GUI for services does not > have mysql listed. How I can tell if mysql is truly installed? > > Todd yum list "mysql*" will probably give you the hint you need. Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263