Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket

Question

使用Mac笔记本，Mysql数据库前些时间已安装，安装过程参照http://geeksun.iteye.com/blog/2192042，今天连接数据库时，提示：
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)，请问什么错误？

Answer 1

问题已解决，参照 http://blog.csdn.net/volcan1987/article/details/8935765 中的做法。
shell> cd /usr/local/mysql
shell> sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe

Answer 2

1、su root
2、service mysql restart