Login warning problem

[phpete2]

I'm doing some work on a friend's PHP code.
He uses this code to organize a bunch of work related data.
He sent me the PHP script files and I then uploaded them to my own server.
The PHP pages require a login to access and view.
When I type in the name & password he gave me I get this warning:

Warning: mysql_connect(): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) in /home/content/m/e/n/menlo/html/pmtool/goremote/common/CommonLib.php on line 130
Failed to connect to the database ..!

Can anyone tell me what the problem is?

Thanks
Pete

[bbreslauer]

The script is trying to connect to a MySQL database, but the MySQL database isn't running.

[phpete2]

I thought I set up the new database.
How do I get the database running?

[bbreslauer]

You'll probably want it to start automatically on boot, which is different for most every version of *nix. To get it running temporarily, cd to your init.d folder (usually /etc/init.d) and type (as root) ./mysql start. If this doesn't work, then you'll need to find the mysqld_safe script and run that (as root).