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

[Noel Hall]

I have a solution to this problem. The root cause seems to be within SELinux.

I am using Fedora Core 6 with SELinux, so this should work for all systems with SELinux installed and active.

Root access is required

Select: System - Administration - Security Level and Firewall
Select the SELinux tab and expand Modify SELinux policy, scroll down to SELinux service protection, expand it and check the box for 'Disable SELiunx protection for mysqld daemon'.

After that select: System - Administration - Server Settings - Services and scroll down to background service mysql and click start. The mysql service will start.

or

Log in as root or su in terminal as root and use: /etc/init.d/mysql start.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/07/2007 07:05AM by Noel Hall.