Am Donnerstag, den 05.11.2009, 17:11 +0100 schrieb Victor Subervi: > Hi; > It's been a while since I controlled my own server and I'm rusty. > Trying to install mysql > yum install mysql > All looks well. Here's what happens: > > [root at 13gems www]# mysql > ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) > [root at 13gems www]# mysql -u root -p > Enter password: > ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) > > There's no mysqld in the ps wax. Please advise. > beno How about starting it? service mysqld start financial.com AG Munich head office/Hauptsitz München: Maria-Probst-Str. 19 | 80939 München | Germany Frankfurt branch office/Niederlassung Frankfurt: Messeturm | Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 49 | 60327 Frankfurt | Germany Management board/Vorstand: Dr. Steffen Boehnert | Dr. Alexis Eisenhofer | Dr. Yann Samson | Matthias Wiederwach Supervisory board/Aufsichtsrat: Dr. Dr. Ernst zur Linden (chairman/Vorsitzender) Register court/Handelsregister: Munich – HRB 128 972 | Sales tax ID number/St.Nr.: DE205 370 553