[root@orthia73 log]# strace -eopen mysqladmin whatever-command
open("/usr/local/lib/mysql/tls/i686/sse2/libmysqlclient.so.15", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (N                               o such file or directory)
open("/usr/local/lib/mysql/tls/i686/libmysqlclient.so.15", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No suc                               h file or directory)
open("/usr/local/lib/mysql/tls/sse2/libmysqlclient.so.15", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No suc                               h file or directory)
open("/usr/local/lib/mysql/tls/libmysqlclient.so.15", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such fil                               e or directory)
open("/usr/local/lib/mysql/i686/sse2/libmysqlclient.so.15", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No su                               ch file or directory)
open("/usr/local/lib/mysql/i686/libmysqlclient.so.15", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such fi                               le or directory)
open("/usr/local/lib/mysql/sse2/libmysqlclient.so.15", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such fi                               le or directory)
open("/usr/local/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.15", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/usr/local/lib/mysql/libcrypt.so.1", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or direct                               ory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
open("/lib/libcrypt.so.1", O_RDONLY)    = 3
open("/usr/local/lib/mysql/libnsl.so.1", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or director                               y)
open("/lib/libnsl.so.1", O_RDONLY)      = 3
open("/usr/local/lib/mysql/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY)    = 3
open("/usr/local/lib/mysql/libstdc++.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or direc                               tory)
open("/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/usr/local/lib/mysql/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY)    = 3
open("/usr/local/lib/mysql/libgcc_s.so.1", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or direct                               ory)
open("/lib/libgcc_s.so.1", O_RDONLY)    = 3
open("/usr/local/lib/mysql/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)    = 3
open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY)    = 3
open("/usr/local/lib/mysql/libnss_files.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or di                               rectory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
open("/lib/libnss_files.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/etc/services", O_RDONLY)         = 3
open("/etc/my.cnf", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)'
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' exists!
Process 4640 detached