anirvana@ubuntu:/etc/phpmyadmin$ sudo service mysql start
mysql start/running
anirvana@ubuntu:/etc/phpmyadmin$ mysqladmin -u root password anirvana
mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)'
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists!
anirvana@ubuntu:/etc/phpmyadmin$ sudo mysqladmin -u root password anirvana
mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)'
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists!
anirvana@ubuntu:/etc/phpmyadmin$