On Fri, 20 Dec 2013, Luigi Rosa wrote: > I can confirm that this is a bug added to the latest releases og MySQL. > > I tested it only in VM (both VMware and XEN). > > How to reproduce. > > * start a CentOS VM with MySQL > * abruptly turn the VM off (not shutdown, of course) > * restart VM > * MySQL starts but the connections via /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock do not work I've seen this too, and not just on VMs. -- Paul Heinlein heinlein at madboa.com 45°38' N, 122°6' W