Problems with MySQL

[AgoristTeen1994]

Hey not sure if this is the right place on the forum or not, but here's my problem. I'm trying to set up a tor hidden service, and I need to set up a web server, so I googled how to do so and got this.http://fedorasolved.org/server-solutions/lamp-stack

I then proceeded to follow the instructions up until I got to running the command

mysqladmin version status

and got this error: 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!

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I then input this bit of code in

find / | grep "sock"

which had an output like this (note this is only what was showing in the terminal...part of the output I can't get to so I can copy and paste it into this post)

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/proc/1887/net/sockstat
/proc/1887/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1888/task/1888/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1888/task/1946/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1888/net/sockstat6
/proc/1888/net/sockstat
/proc/1888/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1908/task/1908/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1908/net/sockstat6
/proc/1908/net/sockstat
/proc/1908/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1944/task/1944/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1944/net/sockstat6
/proc/1944/net/sockstat
/proc/1944/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1945/task/1945/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1945/task/1948/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1945/task/1949/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1945/net/sockstat6
/proc/1945/net/sockstat
/proc/1945/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1951/task/1951/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1951/task/1952/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1951/task/1953/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1951/task/2049/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1951/task/2051/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1951/task/2053/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1951/task/2054/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1951/net/sockstat6
/proc/1951/net/sockstat
/proc/1951/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1955/task/1955/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1955/task/1972/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1955/net/sockstat6
/proc/1955/net/sockstat
/proc/1955/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1961/task/1961/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1961/task/1966/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1961/net/sockstat6
/proc/1961/net/sockstat
/proc/1961/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1963/task/1963/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1963/task/2062/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1963/net/sockstat6
/proc/1963/net/sockstat
/proc/1963/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1971/task/1971/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1971/task/1985/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1971/task/1986/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1971/net/sockstat6
/proc/1971/net/sockstat
/proc/1971/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1974/task/1974/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1974/task/1995/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1974/task/1996/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1974/net/sockstat6
/proc/1974/net/sockstat
/proc/1974/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1988/task/1988/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1988/task/1989/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1988/task/2006/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1988/net/sockstat6
/proc/1988/net/sockstat
/proc/1988/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1991/task/1991/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1991/task/2004/attr/sockcreate
/proc/1991/net/sockstat6
/proc/1991/net/sockstat
/proc/1991/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2008/task/2008/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2008/task/2034/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2008/task/2035/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2008/net/sockstat6
/proc/2008/net/sockstat
/proc/2008/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2011/task/2011/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2011/task/2014/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2011/task/2015/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2011/net/sockstat6
/proc/2011/net/sockstat
/proc/2011/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2361/task/2361/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2361/task/2419/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2361/task/2420/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2361/task/2448/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2361/task/2449/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2361/task/2450/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2361/task/2451/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2361/task/2452/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2361/task/2453/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2361/task/2454/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2361/task/2455/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2361/task/2456/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2361/task/2458/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2361/task/2459/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2361/net/sockstat6
/proc/2361/net/sockstat
/proc/2361/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2821/task/2821/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2821/net/sockstat6
/proc/2821/net/sockstat
/proc/2821/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2825/task/2825/attr/sockcreate
/proc/2825/net/sockstat6
/proc/2825/net/sockstat
/proc/2825/attr/sockcreate
/proc/3118/task/3118/attr/sockcreate
/proc/3118/task/3119/attr/sockcreate
/proc/3118/task/3121/attr/sockcreate
/proc/3118/net/sockstat6
/proc/3118/net/sockstat
/proc/3118/attr/sockcreate
/proc/3308/task/3308/attr/sockcreate
/proc/3308/net/sockstat6
/proc/3308/net/sockstat
/proc/3308/attr/sockcreate
/proc/3319/task/3319/attr/sockcreate
/proc/3319/net/sockstat6
/proc/3319/net/sockstat
/proc/3319/attr/sockcreate
/proc/3494/task/3494/attr/sockcreate
/proc/3494/net/sockstat6
/proc/3494/net/sockstat
/proc/3494/attr/sockcreate
/proc/3792/task/3792/attr/sockcreate
/proc/3792/net/sockstat6
/proc/3792/net/sockstat
/proc/3792/attr/sockcreate
/proc/3825/task/3825/attr/sockcreate
/proc/3825/net/sockstat6
/proc/3825/net/sockstat
/proc/3825/attr/sockcreate
/proc/3874/task/3874/attr/sockcreate
/proc/3874/task/3876/attr/sockcreate
/proc/3874/task/3877/attr/sockcreate
/proc/3874/task/3881/attr/sockcreate
/proc/3874/net/sockstat6
/proc/3874/net/sockstat
/proc/3874/attr/sockcreate
/proc/4723/task/4723/attr/sockcreate
/proc/4723/net/sockstat6
/proc/4723/net/sockstat
/proc/4723/attr/sockcreate
/proc/4818/task/4818/attr/sockcreate
/proc/4818/net/sockstat6
/proc/4818/net/sockstat
/proc/4818/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5119/task/5119/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5119/task/5120/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5119/task/5121/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5119/net/sockstat6
/proc/5119/net/sockstat
/proc/5119/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5577/task/5577/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5577/task/5579/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5577/task/5582/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5577/task/5584/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5577/net/sockstat6
/proc/5577/net/sockstat
/proc/5577/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5621/task/5621/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5621/net/sockstat6
/proc/5621/net/sockstat
/proc/5621/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5622/task/5622/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5622/task/5624/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5622/task/5625/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5622/task/5629/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5622/net/sockstat6
/proc/5622/net/sockstat
/proc/5622/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5744/task/5744/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5744/net/sockstat6
/proc/5744/net/sockstat
/proc/5744/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5745/task/5745/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5745/net/sockstat6
/proc/5745/net/sockstat
/proc/5745/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5746/task/5746/attr/sockcreate

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/proc/5746/net/sockstat6
/proc/5746/net/sockstat
/proc/5746/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5747/task/5747/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5747/net/sockstat6
/proc/5747/net/sockstat
/proc/5747/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5748/task/5748/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5748/net/sockstat6
/proc/5748/net/sockstat
/proc/5748/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5749/task/5749/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5749/net/sockstat6
/proc/5749/net/sockstat
/proc/5749/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5750/task/5750/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5750/net/sockstat6
/proc/5750/net/sockstat
/proc/5750/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5751/task/5751/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5751/net/sockstat6
/proc/5751/net/sockstat
/proc/5751/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5752/task/5752/attr/sockcreate
/proc/5752/net/sockstat6
/proc/5752/net/sockstat
/proc/5752/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6031/task/6031/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6031/task/6034/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6031/task/6035/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6031/task/6038/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6031/net/sockstat6
/proc/6031/net/sockstat
/proc/6031/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6036/task/6036/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6036/net/sockstat6
/proc/6036/net/sockstat
/proc/6036/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6037/task/6037/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6037/net/sockstat6
/proc/6037/net/sockstat
/proc/6037/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6134/task/6134/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6134/net/sockstat6
/proc/6134/net/sockstat
/proc/6134/attr/sockcreate

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/proc/6341/task/6341/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6341/task/6342/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6341/task/6343/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6341/net/sockstat6
/proc/6341/net/sockstat
/proc/6341/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6446/task/6446/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6446/task/6448/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6446/task/6449/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6446/task/6454/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6446/net/sockstat6
/proc/6446/net/sockstat
/proc/6446/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6474/task/6474/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6474/net/sockstat6
/proc/6474/net/sockstat
/proc/6474/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6480/task/6480/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6480/net/sockstat6
/proc/6480/net/sockstat
/proc/6480/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6481/task/6481/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6481/net/sockstat6
/proc/6481/net/sockstat

[AgoristTeen1994]

/proc/6481/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6482/task/6482/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6482/net/sockstat6
/proc/6482/net/sockstat
/proc/6482/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6483/task/6483/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6483/net/sockstat6
/proc/6483/net/sockstat
/proc/6483/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6484/task/6484/attr/sockcreate
/proc/6484/net/sockstat6
/proc/6484/net/sockstat
/proc/6484/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18305/task/18305/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18305/net/sockstat6
/proc/18305/net/sockstat
/proc/18305/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18329/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18343/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18344/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18345/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18346/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18347/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18348/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18349/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18350/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18351/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18352/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18354/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18355/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18366/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18367/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18368/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18370/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18373/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18406/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18483/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18484/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/18485/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/5586/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/5594/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/5637/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/6437/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/6438/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/6439/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/6440/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/6441/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/6443/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/6444/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/task/6445/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18329/net/sockstat6
/proc/18329/net/sockstat
/proc/18329/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18335/task/18335/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18335/net/sockstat6
/proc/18335/net/sockstat
/proc/18335/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18337/task/18337/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18337/net/sockstat6
/proc/18337/net/sockstat
/proc/18337/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18338/task/18338/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18338/net/sockstat6
/proc/18338/net/sockstat
/proc/18338/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18341/task/18341/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18341/net/sockstat6
/proc/18341/net/sockstat
/proc/18341/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/18486/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/18487/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/18493/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/18494/attr/sockcreate
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/proc/18486/task/19026/attr/sockcreate
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/proc/18486/task/19039/attr/sockcreate
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/proc/18486/task/19048/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/19049/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/19050/attr/sockcreate
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/proc/18486/task/19056/attr/sockcreate
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/proc/18486/task/19066/attr/sockcreate
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/proc/18486/task/19093/attr/sockcreate
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/proc/18486/task/19095/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/19102/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/19103/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/19104/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/19105/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/19106/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/19107/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/19108/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/19118/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/19119/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/19120/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/19121/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/19122/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/19123/attr/sockcreate
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/proc/18486/task/19125/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/25954/attr/sockcreate
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/proc/18486/task/25965/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/25975/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/25976/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/25977/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/25983/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/26026/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/26027/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/30238/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/30247/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/31053/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/31057/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/31083/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/31135/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/31795/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/31817/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/6455/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/6456/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/6457/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/task/6458/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18486/net/sockstat6
/proc/18486/net/sockstat
/proc/18486/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18696/task/18696/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18696/task/18702/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18696/task/18704/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18696/task/18706/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18696/net/sockstat6
/proc/18696/net/sockstat
/proc/18696/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18837/task/18837/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18837/task/18839/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18837/task/18840/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18837/task/18841/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18837/task/18855/attr/sockcreate
/proc/18837/net/sockstat6
/proc/18837/net/sockstat
/proc/18837/attr/sockcreate
/proc/19284/task/19284/attr/sockcreate
/proc/19284/task/19286/attr/sockcreate
/proc/19284/task/19288/attr/sockcreate
/proc/19284/task/19291/attr/sockcreate
/proc/19284/net/sockstat6
/proc/19284/net/sockstat
/proc/19284/attr/sockcreate
/proc/19304/task/19304/attr/sockcreate
/proc/19304/task/19309/attr/sockcreate
/proc/19304/task/19312/attr/sockcreate
/proc/19304/task/19314/attr/sockcreate
/proc/19304/net/sockstat6
/proc/19304/net/sockstat
/proc/19304/attr/sockcreate
/proc/25825/task/25825/attr/sockcreate
/proc/25825/task/25827/attr/sockcreate
/proc/25825/task/25828/attr/sockcreate
/proc/25825/task/25832/attr/sockcreate
/proc/25825/net/sockstat6
/proc/25825/net/sockstat
/proc/25825/attr/sockcreate
/proc/29148/task/29148/attr/sockcreate
/proc/29148/net/sockstat6
/proc/29148/net/sockstat
/proc/29148/attr/sockcreate
/proc/29149/task/29149/attr/sockcreate
/proc/29149/net/sockstat6
/proc/29149/net/sockstat
/proc/29149/attr/sockcreate
/proc/29164/task/29164/attr/sockcreate
/proc/29164/net/sockstat6
/proc/29164/net/sockstat
/proc/29164/attr/sockcreate
/proc/29165/task/29165/attr/sockcreate
/proc/29165/net/sockstat6
/proc/29165/net/sockstat
/proc/29165/attr/sockcreate
/proc/30605/task/30605/attr/sockcreate
/proc/30605/task/30607/attr/sockcreate
/proc/30605/task/30610/attr/sockcreate
/proc/30605/task/30612/attr/sockcreate
/proc/30605/net/sockstat6
/proc/30605/net/sockstat
/proc/30605/attr/sockcreate
/proc/30665/task/30665/attr/sockcreate
/proc/30665/task/30667/attr/sockcreate
/proc/30665/task/30670/attr/sockcreate
/proc/30665/task/30672/attr/sockcreate
/proc/30665/net/sockstat6
/proc/30665/net/sockstat
/proc/30665/attr/sockcreate
/lib/xtables/libxt_socket.so
/lib/modules/3.3.2-6.fc16.i686/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.ko
/lib/modules/3.3.2-6.fc16.i686/kernel/net/netfilter/xt_socket.ko
/lib/modules/3.3.0-8.fc16.i686/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.ko
/lib/modules/3.3.0-8.fc16.i686/kernel/net/netfilter/xt_socket.ko
/lib/modules/3.3.5-2.fc16.i686/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.ko
/lib/modules/3.3.5-2.fc16.i686/kernel/net/netfilter/xt_socket.ko
/lib/systemd/system/cups.socket
/lib/systemd/system/udev-control.socket
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-shutdownd.socket
/lib/systemd/system/dbus.socket
/lib/systemd/system/avahi-daemon.socket
/lib/systemd/system/rpcbind.socket
/lib/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants
/lib/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/udev-control.socket
/lib/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/systemd-shutdownd.socket
/lib/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/dbus.socket
/lib/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/udev-kernel.socket
/lib/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/systemd-stdout-syslog-bridge.socket
/lib/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/syslog.socket
/lib/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/systemd-initctl.socket
/lib/systemd/system/udev-kernel.socket
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-stdout-syslog-bridge.socket
/lib/systemd/system/dbus.target.wants/dbus.socket
/lib/systemd/system/sockets.target
/lib/systemd/system/syslog.socket
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-initctl.socket
/lib/systemd/system/dm-event.socket
/lib/udev/pcmcia-socket-startup
/lib/rsyslog/omuxsock.so
/lib/rsyslog/imuxsock.so
/bin/dbus-cleanup-sockets
/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro
/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock
/run/rpcbind.sock
/run/abrt/abrt.socket
/run/dbus/system_bus_socket
/run/avahi-daemon/socket
/run/cups/cups.sock
/run/initramfs/lib/modules/3.3.5-2.fc16.i686/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.ko
/run/initramfs/lib/udev/pcmcia-socket-startup
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/cups.socket
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/avahi-daemon.socket
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/rpcbind.socket
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/dm-event.socket
/etc/mcelog/triggers/socket-memory-error-trigger




So...suggestions?

---------- Post added at 12:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:38 PM ----------

Oh and sorry for posting the last output in multiple posts but it was too long for a single post. :P

[sdlor]

Try this command:

service mysqld start

[marko]

Also, you didn't say what Fedora version it was, it's important because Fedora 16 is really different from Fedora 15.

On Fedora 16 should should really be starting mysql via the command:

systemctl enable mysqld.service
systemctl start mysqld.service

I'd also suggest you do what the error message asked:

Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' exists!

Is it running and does the socket exist?

[AgoristTeen1994]

@marko I'm running Fedora 16, and how do I check that the socket exists?

@sdlor okay

[marko]

@marko I'm running Fedora 16, and how do I check that the socket exists?

Plain old "ls -l" would work:

ls -l /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

It will look like a 0 byte file in the /var/lib/mysql directory

also if you run "lsof" as root like this:

lsof | grep mysql | grep sock

you should see a bunch of open file listings owned by mysqld for the socket that look like these

mysqld 3336 3358 mysql 12u unix 0xffff8800ae16c680 0t0 89376 /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
mysqld 3336 3359 mysql 12u unix 0xffff8800ae16c680 0t0 89376 /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

[AgoristTeen1994]

okay thanks.