I meant to say I don’t OWN any of the mysql files.
when I try to login to mysql with I get the messsage, “ERROR 2002: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/tmp/mysql.sock’ (13)” I’ve seen advice on how to fix this error at http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-19402.html, but I don’t any of the mysql files so I can’t edit them. The socket directory is owned by mysql.