Re: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (61)

[Mezbaur Rahman]

Follow this process, it worked for me.

Set the root user's password for mySQL

Which is different from the root (*nix) user:
/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password new-password

If you get "Access denied" for root@localhost try this method:
Stop mysqld:
service mysqld stop
Start it with:
/usr/libexec/mysqld --skip-grant-tables --user=mysql
Log onto another terminal or SSH session (you're not using telnet I hope) and run:
mysql -u root mysql
mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('mynewpassword')
-> WHERE User='root';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> exit

Then test with:
mysql -u root -p