ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/tmp/mysql.sock’ (38)

[root@ibm /var/db/mysql]# uname -a
FreeBSD ibm.jc 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 19:59:52 UTC 2008 root@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386

[root@ibm /var/db/mysql]# mysql
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/tmp/mysql.sock’ (38)

[root@ibm /var/db/mysql]# ls -al /tmp/mysql.sock
-rw-r–r– 1 root wheel 0 Dec 4 10:15 /tmp/mysql.sock

Just delete file /tmp/mysql.sock and restart mysql-server

[root@ibm /var/db/mysql]# rm -f /tmp/mysql.sock

[root@ibm /var/db/mysql]# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server restart
mysql not running? (check /var/db/mysql/ibm.jc.pid).
Starting mysql.

[root@ibm /var/db/mysql]# ls -al /tmp/mysql.sock
srwxrwxrwx 1 mysql wheel 0 Dec 4 10:38 /tmp/mysql.sock

[root@ibm /var/db/mysql]# mysql
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1
Server version: 6.0.7-alpha FreeBSD port: mysql-server-6.0.7

Type ‘help;’ or ‘\h’ for help. Type ‘\c’ to clear the buffer.

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