Issue : –
While accessing PhpMyAdmin getting the following error.
ERROR
#2002 – The server is not responding (or local MySQL server’s socket is not correctly configured).
Reason :-
The mysql socket file is missing from the /tmp directory
Fix :-
1. Create a symbolic link from the original mysql socket file to /tmp
[root@test ~]# ln -s /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp
OR
2. Restart MySQL service from WHM
WHM Login >> Main >> Restart Services >>SQL Server (MySQL)
OR
3. Edit the PhpMyAdmin configuration file to use the original MySQL socket file.
vi /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php
Make sure, the correct mysql socket file is mentioned there.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘socket’] = ‘/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock’;
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘connect_type’] = ‘socket’;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Super…helped it…good one
Clear answers it worked! thanks
hi i tried ,but i cannot see vi /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php as you wrote ..please reply by email thank in advance i try to find this dir but i did not see this file and dir
Good one! helped me one change in some flavors use /var/run/mysql/mysql.sock instead of /var/lib/mysql.sock
I looking for method on windows server 2008.
Please give for solve my server.
This time error!
Thanks Vinodh Kumar for the tip off, saved me a lot of frustration!
it works…thanks
Easy Way Is: (i hav applied on Wamp Server 2.1)
1. left click on wamp server
2. Select MySQL —>Service —->Install Service
3. Then MySQL —>Service —->Restart Service
4. Left click on PhpMyAdmin
5. Here we go
Thanx
Email : FARAZ_FRANK777@YAHOO.COM
Step #1 worked for me
hello,
I also faced the same problem.
But after restarting my “Server” and “phpmyadmin” i resolved the problem.
now its working.
Regards,
Shivaraj
Thanks for your help its working.
Plz Help me.I have same problem.and evevif i do changes in config.inc i got same error.plz help me.
I restart server so many time.But could not help.
Genius!
Thanks alot! Although on MAC small changes
“vi /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php”
instead
/sites/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php
I manually entered:
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘socket’] = ‘/var/mysql/mysql.sock’;
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘connect_type’] = ‘socket’;
Small changes, but needed for my computer!
i apply all type of tools which arebasically help full to solve out my problem
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Thanks Genius
Thanks!!! Sealed the deal!
hi ,
I have added the lines as suggested by you in the config.inc.php.But when I restart the xampp and try to access http://localhost/phpmyadmin…it says that there was a parsing error and the error is:
“Starting to parse config file…
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VAR in /opt/lampp/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php on line 40”
The line no 40 is where I have added the line
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘socket’] = ‘/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock’;
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘connect_type’] = ‘socket’;
I could resolve it 🙂
Thnx
superb ji.
it is working now!!!
Thanks It works for me …..