Mysql.sock Problem ( mysqld.sock' (2) )

[kilburn]

From the default /etc/init.d/mysql file (debian lenny):

Code:

MYADMIN="/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf"
[...]
mysqld_status () {
    ping_output=`$MYADMIN ping 2>&1`; ping_alive=$(( ! $? ))
[...]

Hence, if the socket path is correctly defined in /etc/mysql/debian.cnf you should not be getting this error, unless your mysqladmin is broken somehow. Hence, you should try executing:

Code:

mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf ping

Directly (as root) and see what you get in return. If its an error, then it's a bug in mysqladmin.