Re: Uninstall MySQL on OS X

[Robert]

I am a complete novice and ran

$> cd /usr/local/mysql

$> sudo ./scripts/mysql_install_db

as you suggested and proceeded to follow the output instructions to grant root and local passwords


from /usr/local/mysql I ran

./bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-passord'

and received the following error message

./bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password'
./bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (61)'
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' exists!

The server seems to be running, as it requests a password that I do not know (and did not set), when I call it. I do not beleive that it is OS X requesting the password, since I know these and they do not work--and the the GUI for MySQL in system preferences indicates that it is running. However I cannot locate /tmp/mysql.sock. Any suggestions? Thank you.

Robert