MySQL: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock’

Reason why this error might occur: i) Incomplete MySQL implementation ii) MySQL setting mis-configuration Solution: root@myserver:/# vi /etc/mysql/my.cnf Comment out the below line in my.cnf file to make MySQL listen on ALL interfaces #bind-address = 127.0.0.1 root@myserver:/# netstat -tap | grep mysql tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN 17785/mysqld Note that above line which indicates MySQL listening on all interfaces.