$ mysql --print-defaults
mysql would have been started with the following arguments:
--port=3306 --user=aspdb --socket=/home/unix/aspdb/software/mysql-5.1.58/tmp/mysql.sock --port=3306 --socket=/home/unix/aspdb/software/mysql-5.1.58/tmp/mysql.sock --socket=/home/unix/aspdb/software/mysql/thesock --port=8081


$ mysql -u root -h localhost -p
Enter password:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/home/unix/aspdb/software/mysql/thesock' (2)