#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : MySQL: "Too many connections" or "Access denied for user" # Fix : Point the client at the right socket # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-web-mysql-connections # # Run as : Root shell # Expect : 20 minutes # Risk : low # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # Error 2002, cannot connect to local server through socket. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # Remove the client configuration file to return to the default. # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then echo " This fix is documented as needing root. Re-run with sudo." >&2 exit 3 fi rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 5" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " MySQL: "Too many connections" or "Access denied for user"" echo " Point the client at the right socket" echo echo " Risk: low Reversible 20 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi if step 1 'Confirm the server is actually running first.' '' cmd 'systemctl status mysql mariadb --no-pager 2>/dev/null | head -20' 'sudo ss -tlnp | grep 3306'; then systemctl status mysql mariadb --no-pager 2>/dev/null | head -20 sudo ss -tlnp | grep 3306 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 1 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 2 'Find where the socket really is.' 'The client has a compiled-in default that frequently differs from where the packaged server puts it. That mismatch is this whole error, and it looks exactly like a stopped service.' cmd 'sudo mysqladmin variables 2>/dev/null | grep -w socket' 'ls -l /var/run/mysqld/ /run/mysqld/ /tmp/mysql.sock 2>/dev/null'; then sudo mysqladmin variables 2>/dev/null | grep -w socket ls -l /var/run/mysqld/ /run/mysqld/ /tmp/mysql.sock 2>/dev/null if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 2 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 3 'Point the client at it in the configuration rather than passing --socket every time.' '' cmd 'printf '\''[client]\nsocket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock\n'\'' | sudo tee /etc/mysql/conf.d/client-socket.cnf'; then printf '[client]\nsocket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock\n' | sudo tee /etc/mysql/conf.d/client-socket.cnf if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 3 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 4 'If the server will not start, read why.' '' cmd 'sudo journalctl -u mysql -n 50 --no-pager' 'sudo tail -50 /var/log/mysql/error.log'; then sudo journalctl -u mysql -n 50 --no-pager sudo tail -50 /var/log/mysql/error.log if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 4 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 5 'A full disk is a common reason a database refuses to start with a misleading error.' '' cmd 'df -h /var/lib/mysql'; then df -h /var/lib/mysql if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 5 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'mysql connects with no explicit socket argument.' if [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then mysql -e 'SELECT VERSION()' fi rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-web-mysql-connections" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: Remove the client configuration file to return to the default.' rule