mysql connection problem

[annumol]

I installed mysql 5.0.9 in fedora5.after installing when i gave command
mysqladmin version

an error getting like these.

mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)'
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' exists!

[Tutku]

After installation you've to start Mysqld service with this command:

# service mysqld start

and then mysqladmin can connect to the localhost.

[gerard4143]

I had a problem just like this with Fedora/MySQL. It turned out that the permissions on the folder /var/lib/mysql were to restrictive and would not let MySQL creat a socket/file in this folder.
Try changing the permissions for the folder(/var/lib/mysql) to the following
1. Owner can view modify content
2. Group can view content
3, Other can view content