MySql connection problem Cant connect to local mysql server through socket var lib mysql mysql sock

Question

Hi , I am getting below error while trying to login to mysql 
"Cant connect to local mysql server through socket "var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock" 

Please tell me how to solve this?

Answer 1

First start the mysql server:

service mysqld start

To check if it is running, run this command:

mysqladmin -u root -p status

Check if you can connect now. If the error still exists, then try to change the permission of mysql directory

sudo chmod -R 777 /var/lib/mysql/