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

make sure the bind address configuration option in the my.cnf file in /etc/ is the same with localhost or virtual serve ip address. plus check to make sure that the directory for creating the socket file is well specified.