On 11/16/05, Alex Beston <alex at deltatraffic.co.uk> wrote: > > hi List > > im getting a ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through > socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) > > the server might be down > > how would i go about restarting it? its on a LAMP setup > > Depending on how it is setup and whether you have root access, you can always try: # service mysql restart -- www.fuzzylizard.com <http://www.fuzzylizard.com>