ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

From: Brook Hurd (brookh_at_PerlmanArchitects.com)
Date: 03/29/05

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    After installing Redhat 3 Enterprise Edition I made sure MySQL was part
    of the install.

    When I tried to start MySQL I got the following error:
    ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
    '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

    The /var/lib/mysql directory did not exist. Even after creating the
    folder, as suggested by this mailing list archives, it didn't help. The
    folder permissions are root.root.

    I tried uninstalling and reinstalling MySQL from the Redhat RPMs and I
    still got the error. I even read previous e-mails and found little
    help.

    Any suggestions on what to do to make this work? I am at a loss.

    The following packages are installed:

    [root@W-pai-2077 mysql]# rpm -qa | grep mysql
    mysql-3.23.58-15.RHEL3.1
    mysql-bench-3.23.58-15.RHEL3.1
    php-mysql-4.3.2-19.ent
    libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.6.5-5
    mysql-devel-3.23.58-15.RHEL3.1
    mod_auth_mysql-20030510-1.ent
    [root@W-pai-2077 mysql]# rpm -qa | grep MySQL
    MySQL-shared-3.23.58-1
    perl-DBD-MySQL-2.1021-3
    qt-MySQL-3.1.2-13.4
    MySQL-python-0.9.1-6
    [root@W-pai-2077 mysql]# 

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