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

Question

I am getting the following error when I try to connect to mysql:

Can\'t connect to local MySQL server through socket \'/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock\' (2)<

Answer 1

Here's what worked for me:

ln -s /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock
service mysqld restart