root@dbserv:~# mysqladmin status
Uptime: 65009  Threads: 1  Questions: 112  Slow queries: 0  Opens: 76  Flush tables: 1  Open tables: 69  Queries per second avg: 0.001
root@dbserv:~# ls -l /var/run/mysqld/
total 4
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 4 May 30 12:21 mysqld.pid
srwxrwxrwx 1 mysql mysql 0 May 30 12:21 mysqld.sock

<ct suspended and restored>

root@dbserv:~# mysqladmin status
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!
root@dbserv:~# ls -l /var/run/mysqld/
total 4
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5 May 29 18:15 mysqld.pid
root@dbserv:~#