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