4 messages in com.mysql.lists.mysqlRe: can't connect
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Alex Jarvis10 Jul 2002 15:21 
Chaitanya Diwadkar10 Jul 2002 17:07 
Bhavin Vyas10 Jul 2002 20:01 
jan behrens11 Jul 2002 09:46 
Subject:Re: can't connect
From:jan behrens (luci@janus-hl.de)
Date:07/11/2002 09:46:54 AM
List:com.mysql.lists.mysql

first make sure there is a mysql.sock file in var/lib/mysql; second make ps -ef | grep mysqld --if the output is xxx xxx xx grep mysqld then the server is down for sure third go to the binary of mysql and execute safe_mysqld & (means it forks itself and is running in the background

fourth confirm running: mysqladmin status or as second above

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