Mayur's BLOG

While accessing phpMyAdmin, you may get the following error.

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#2002 - The server is not responding (or the local MySQL server's socket is not correctly configured)
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This is due to the missing socket file in the location /tmp.

The socket path which is specified in the phpMyAdmin configuration file is /tmp/mysql.sock.

$ vi /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php
cfg['Server']['socket'] = '/tmp/mysql.sock';

If mysql.sock is missing in /tmp, then create a link to the mysql.sock file in /var/lib/mysql.

$ ln -s /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock

There is also another fix for this issue.

1. Open the phpMyadmin config file "config.inc.php".
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vi /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php
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2.Locate the line:
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$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';
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3.Replace 'localhost' with '127.0.0.1' and save.
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$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = '127.0.0.1';
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This will also fix the issue.

Enjoy:)