title: Unable to start mysql in safe mode
body: <p>According to this question <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13480170/access-denied-for-mysql-error-1045">Access Denied for MYSQL ERROR 1045</a>
  I should be able to start MySQL in safe mode with </p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but this simply logs the following lines to STDOUT:</p>
  
  <pre><code>151116 17:46:46 mysqld_safe Logging to '/usr/local/var/mysql/MacBook-Pro.local.err'.
  151116 17:46:46 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/var/mysql
  151116 17:46:46 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /usr/local/var/mysql/MacBook-Pro.local.pid ended
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and returns me to the command line. 
  The error log quoted has the same last 2 lines output here. When I try and connect to MySQL I get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>mysql -uroot -p
  Enter password: 
  ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)
  </code></pre>