cenOS Installation

[Hatake Kakashi]

is this step by step guide? Installation_on_CentOS

but when i install this

mysql_secure_installation

i try to enter it only blank pass. and i try all pass but this error prompt.

[Lighta]

Yeah I had that socket error once too. That was because I had LAMP and original mysql installed, (wich enter in conflict for socket). Is it your case too ?

If so open /etc/mysql/my.cnf and change socket path for the one you want to use.

From what I'm seen you probably want something like /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock. (Just do a locate or find on mysqld.sock to found out your path otherwise)

[Brian]

If you previously installed MySQL Server and set a password,

then in order to login to change the password, you will have to enter the current password first.

[Hatake Kakashi]

but i dont have previously mysql installed there. i already reinstall my OS.

[Vengeance]

try to install phpmyadmin and access mysql using it...when you have freshly installed mysql it wont have a password for root and sometimes it wont allow to login without a password...but you can access it if you have phpmyadmin installed then add a password for your root and later try to install mysql secured with the new password you changed...

Edited January 8, 2012 by Vengeance

[bentheexo]

service mysqld start

then run that script. If it can't connect to the mysql.sock it is because there is no running MySQL socket.

[Gepard]

service mysqld start

then run that script. If it can't connect to the mysql.sock it is because there is no running MySQL socket.

that's what I thought too