On Thursday 05 November 2009 16:11:56 Victor Subervi wrote: > 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 mysqld service mysqld start chkconfig --level 35 mysqld on Tony -- Dept. of Comp. Sci. University of Limerick.