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[EP-tech] Re: EPrints MySQL Error

I would strongly advise that you make sure you have a good understanding of what these commands do before you run them. 

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Adam

> On 5 Jan 2016, at 05:17, Mahalingam S <smal@ccmb.res.in> wrote:
> 
> Hello
> 
> Try this out.
> 
> Solution:
> 
> 1. stop the mysqld service
> 2. delete the old or existing file called mysql.sock in /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
> 3. chown mysql.mysql -R /var/lib/muysql/*
> 4. chmod 755 -R /var/lib/mysql/*
> 5. restart the mysqld service.
> 
> contact the forum if you have any further issue in this regard.
> 
> with best wishes
> s.mahalingam
> 
> 
> S Mahalingam
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Beeken" <anbeeken@lincoln.ac.uk>
> To: eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk
> Sent: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 5:36:38 AM
> Subject: [EP-tech] Re: EPrints MySQL Error
> 
> This has happened to us before when we've run out of drive space. Could be that?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 11:25 AM -0800, "Greg Whitney" <greg.whitney@polymtl.ca<mailto:greg.whitney@polymtl.ca>> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Happy New Year to everyone!!
> 
> We have EPrints 3.3.13 and it is been acting up since December, crashing a couple times a day.
> 
> The latest error is the following:
> 
> EPrints System Error
> Error connecting to database: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
> 
> Any ideas that I can give our sysadmin on what to check + fix??  *&%$!!
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Greg Whitney
> Polytechnique Montreal Library
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