Starting MySQL ** mysqld_safe Directory '/var/lib/mysql' for UNIX socket file don't exists

这个是在centos6版本的时候

报错：

[root@VMUest ~]# service mysql status
 ERROR! MySQL is not running, but lock file (/var/lock/subsys/mysql) exists
[root@VMUest ~]# rm -f /var/lock/subsys/mysql
[root@VMUest ~]# service mysql status
 ERROR! MySQL is not running
[root@VMUest ~]# service mysql start
Starting MySQL.170331 10:18:30 mysqld_safe Directory '/var/lib/mysql' for UNIX socket file don't exists.
 ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file (/usr/local/mysql/data/VMUest.pid).

启动MySQL服务时，会优先在/etc/目录下查找my.cnf

[root@VMUest ~]# ll /etc/my.cnf
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 251 Jan 27 05:41 /etc/my.cnf
[root@VMUest ~]# cat /etc/my.cnf
[mysqld]
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
user=mysql

检查/etc/my.cnf文件是否存在(存在就将其重命名/删除)

把/etc/my.cnf重命名后，MySQL服务顺利启动~