Driving me nuts! - Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)

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I had to put a new HD in, and now I’m reinstalling everything, and
can’t get mysql to fully work. I can’t remember how I fixed it. I’ve
searched everywhere online and can’t find anything.

when I try to use the >mysql command I get this:

Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/tmp/
mysql.sock’ (2)

My first error came in installing mysql here:

It was this step that messed me up:
cd /usr/local/mysql
sudo ./bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql
sudo chown -R mysql ./var

I can cd the mysql folder, but when I run the second command I get
this:

Installing MySQL system tables…
090428 23:15:26 [ERROR] /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld: Can’t find
file: ‘./mysql/db.frm’ (errno: 13)
ERROR: 1017 Can’t find file: ‘./mysql/db.frm’ (errno: 13)

I’ve been on this for hours. anyone know?

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On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 8:16 AM, [email protected]
[email protected] wrote:

My first error came in installing mysql here:
Installing MySQL system tables…
090428 23:15:26 [ERROR] /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld: Can’t find
file: ‘./mysql/db.frm’ (errno: 13)
ERROR: 1017 Can’t find file: ‘./mysql/db.frm’ (errno: 13)

I’ve been on this for hours. anyone know?

I’ve had this before, I installed mysql from an ubuntu package and
suddenly it put the socket into /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
You can create or edit /etc/my.cnf and tell it where the socket file
is created, just remember to add a line for each configuration group
(i.e. [client], [mysqld] etc)
You can also tell Rails where the socket is in database.yml

Andrew T.
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http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewtimberlake

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Wow, ok this solved it:

Instead of using:
sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql

I needed to use:
sudo ./bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql