ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysql.sock' (2)

Question

I\'m getting this error

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can\'t connect to local MySQL server through socket \'/var/run/mysqld/mysql.sock\' (2)

even though

Answer 1

If you look close, you'll see the difference:

• The server listens on /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
• The client tries to connect to /var/run/mysqld/mysql.sock

You'll have to adjust the one or the other.