ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

Question

I installed LAMP on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) and then set root password on phpMyAdmin. I forgot the password and now I am unable to login. When I try to chan

Answer 1

Check if you have the correct rights:

sudo chmod 755 /var/lib/mysql/mysql

I had the same problems and this worked for me. After doing this I was able to start MySQL.