On Wednesday 28 January 2009 13:06:42 Alf Stockton wrote: > That gives me:- > > root at general:~# mysql -h localhost -u root -p > Enter password: > ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111) Have you tried without the password option? Cheers, Vincent