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Asked: May 31, 20262026-05-31T14:41:42+00:00 2026-05-31T14:41:42+00:00

After upgrading to Lion I can still start MySQL via System Preferences -> MySQL

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After upgrading to Lion I can still start MySQL via System Preferences -> MySQL

When I try and login with the root user and password I was using on Snow Leopard I get this error via phpMyAdmin

#2002 Cannot log in to the MySQL server

Via the MySQL Query Browser however I get code 2003

If I try via Terminal with mysql -u root -p I get the error

-bash: mysql: command not found

Thanks for any help.

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    2026-05-31T14:41:44+00:00Added an answer on May 31, 2026 at 2:41 pm

    There was a problem with the socket and I had to change occurences of /var/mysql/mysql.sock to /tmp/mysql.sock as stated here http://birdchan.com/home/2011/07/20/osx-lion-mysql-sock-path/

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