Still have MySQL problems that need to get solved soon (was: Re: Apache and MySQL won't start)

[Scott Webster]

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Ali A Samii <samii at me.com> wrote:
> Well, I have restarted the whole thing and I have gotten as far as getting mysql to install and be able to automatically generate the initial database.
>
> However, I still cannot change the password.
>
> I get the following Error:
>
> alis-imac:bin ali$ /opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'golijoon'
> /opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock' (2)'
> Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock' exists!
>

Is mysql actually running now?