Mysql Can't connect to local server through socket

Question

This is the error i receive:

I can not connect as any user and it continually says

"Can't connect to local server through socket /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock (2)"

and

"Can't connect to local server through socket /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock (111)"

Output of lsof -i -P | grep :3306

xxx$ lsof -i -P | grep :3306
xxx$ mysqld 20080 mysql 11u IPv4 56434 0t0 TCP localhost.localdomain:3306 (LISTEN)

Narrowed it down a little bit. Whenever I select one of my databases and type

show tables;

I receive

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket                     '/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (111)
ERROR:
Can't connect to the server

However I can select the other databases just fine. I can't remove the database.

Update

Had to manually remove the problem database and can now connect successfully to mysql.

Answer 1

Are you connecting to MySQL from the same box? ie, localhost?

If you are on a linux box, make sure you can telnet localhost on port 3306

telnet localhost 3306

If your telnet connects then it must be a permissions issue:

Check the file /etc/mysql/my.cnf and make change the bind-adress so it looks like:

bind-addess = 0.0.0.0

If none of the above works, then please post your mysql log