Hi!
I have a problem with my MySQL server. I can’t connect to MySQL via command line. If I try it, I get:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
My directory /var/mysql is empty. And if I try
/etc/init.d/mysql restart
I get “[fail]”.
Moreover, if I type
service mysqld restart
I get “mysqld: unrecognized service”.
However, my website (which uses this database) works fine.
Thank you very much ;)
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As ahrotahntee mentioned, the correct command to restart a MySql service is:
service mysql restart
One instance when you will see the error ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) is when you have run out of room on your hard drive. How is your disk utilization looking? You can check by running:
df -h
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