Primeiro, verifique o status do serviço
[root@localhost ~]# service mysqld status
mysqld is stopped
[root@localhost ~]# su - max Password:
Se o serviço for interrompido, você receberá esse tipo de erro
[max@localhost ~]$ mysql ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
Agora inicie o serviço
[max@localhost ~]$ su - Password: [root@localhost ~]# service mysqld start Starting mysqld: [ OK ]
Agora verifique o status do serviço
[root@localhost ~]# service mysqld status mysqld (pid 6157) is running...
[root@localhost ~]# exit logout
[max@localhost ~]$ mysql Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 2 Server version: 5.1.61 Source distribution Copyright (c) 2000, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. mysql>