KB Parallels: I am having troubles logging into mysql from the command line. I keep on getting the following error: ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'

Resolution

First of all make sure that mysql is running with:

 ps ax | grep mysql | grep -v grep
 4081 pts/8    S      0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/safe_mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
 4110 pts/8    S      0:00 /usr/libexec/mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid --skip-locking

If it is so, try to create a link from the /tmp/mysql.sock:

ln -s /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock

Parallels

I am having troubles logging into mysql from the command line. I keep on getting the following error: ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'

Resolution

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