2011/3/26 Todd Cary <todd at 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