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check this<br />
<a href="http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?11,27769,27769" rel="ugc">http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?11,27769,27769</a>
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check this
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?11,27769,27769 [http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?11,27769,27769]

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You will find many similar questions on EE.<br />
<br />
hope this helps :<br />
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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21279848/Error-connecting-to-MySql-var-lib-mysql-mysql-sock.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21279848/Error-connecting-to-MySql-var-lib-mysql-mysql-sock.html</a><br />
<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20982388/MySQL-error-2002-Can't-connect-through-socket-'-tmp-mysql-sock'.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20982388/MySQL-error-2002-Can't-connect-through-socket-'-tmp-mysql-sock'.html</a><br />
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You will find many similar questions on EE.

hope this helps :

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21279848/Error-connecting-to-MySql-var-lib-mysql-mysql-sock.html [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21279848/Error-connecting-to-MySql-var-lib-mysql-mysql-sock.html]
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20982388/MySQL-error-2002-Can't-connect-through-socket-'-tmp-mysql-sock'.html [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20982388/MySQL-error-2002-Can't-connect-through-socket-'-tmp-mysql-sock'.html]



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first try to restart mysql service:<br />
<br />
# /etc/init.d/mysql restart<br />
or <br />
service mysql restart<br />
<br />
then do dmesg, and <br />
cat /var/log/mysql/error.log<br />
<br />
and send here.<br />
<br />
problem is 1. Mysql not running<br />
2. MySQL can't run (broken, or wrong config)<br />
3. service can't access to MySQL socket.<br />
Service don't have permission to open .sock (if u change rights manualy)
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first try to restart mysql service:

# /etc/init.d/mysql restart
or
service mysql restart

then do dmesg, and
cat /var/log/mysql/error.log

and send here.

problem is 1. Mysql not running
2. MySQL can't run (broken, or wrong config)
3. service can't access to MySQL socket.
Service don't have permission to open .sock (if u change rights manualy)

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Very similar to my previous related post,,, <br />
Thanks<br />
&nbsp;anyways
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Very similar to my previous related post,,,
Thanks
 anyways

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I tried to start the mysqld service in linux and I got the following error:<br />
<br />
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock<wbr />' (2)<br />
<br />
how to resolve this issue
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I tried to start the mysqld service in linux and I got the following error:

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

how to resolve this issue

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