Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/mysql/mysql.sock' (38)

Question

I am having a big problem trying to connect to mysql. When I run:

/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql start

I have the following error :

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Answer 1

Another workaround is to edit /etc/my.cnf and include host in the section [client]

 [client]
 #password       = your_password
 host            = 127.0.0.1
 port            = 3306
 socket          = /var/run/mysql/mysql.sock

And then restarting the mysql service.

This workaround was tested in: Server version: 5.5.25a-log Source distribution