July 8, 2021 . 1 MIN READ
If your file my.cnf (usually in the /etc/mysql/ folder) is correctly configured with
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
you can check if mysql is running with the following command:
mysqladmin -u root -p status
try changing your permission to mysql folder. If you are working locally, you can try:
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/lib/mysql/
that solved it for me
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5376427/cant-connect-to-local-mysql-server-through-socket-var-mysql-mysql-sock-38
