error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)' — Missing /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

Question

My problem started off with me not being able to log in as root any more on my mysql install. I was attempting to run mysql without passwords turned on... but whenever I

Answer 1

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

in /etc/my.cnf add this lines:

[client]
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock <= this path should be also same as is[mysqld]

And restart the service with: service mysql restart

this worked for me