求助!~~mysql运行时出现的提示!~~

dingguowei

我安装完mysql5.0.0后出现下面的提示问题.怎么来解决啊!请各位高手帮忙.

[root@localhost mysql-standard-5.0.0-alpha-pc-linux-i686]# mysqladmin -u root password 123
mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)'
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' exists!

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检查是否1)启动进程,2)有写权限在 /var/lib/mysql/