drwxr-xr-x.  4 mysql      mysql      4096 Фев  3 18:20 mysql

service mysqld restart
Останавливается MySQL:                                     [  OK  ]
Запускается MySQL:                                         [  OK  ]
[root@VBOXCOR /]# mysql
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
[root@VBOXCOR /]# cat /var/log/mysqld.log
Version: '5.1.42'  socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock'  port: 3306  Source distribution
100203 18:38:18 [Note] /usr/libexec/mysqld: Normal shutdown

100203 18:38:18 [Note] Event Scheduler: Purging the queue. 0 events
100203 18:38:18  InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
100203 18:38:20  InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 0 44233
100203 18:38:20 [Note] /usr/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown complete

100203 18:38:21 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid ended
100203 18:38:25 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
100203 18:38:26 [Note] Plugin 'ndbcluster' is disabled.
100203 18:38:29  InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 44233
100203 18:38:29 [Note] Event Scheduler: Loaded 0 events
100203 18:38:29 [Note] /usr/libexec/mysqld: ready for connections.
Version: '5.1.42'  socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock'  port: 3306  Source distribution