vBulletin DB Error?

[SmoothCriminal]

I gets 1000+ mails with the following content plus, extremely high server load leading to server-crash

Database error in vBulletin :

mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (11)
/home/efresher/public_html/includes/class_core.php on line 273

MySQL Error :
Error Number :
Date : Sunday, November 4th 2007 @ 01:45:21 AM
Script: showthread.php?t=9933&goto=newpost
Referrer :
IP Address : 203.153.35.130
Username :
Classname : vb_database

How do I fix this?
thanks

[snakes1100]

That is a connection error, is this a dedicated server, vps server or vhost server?

[SmoothCriminal]

Hi, Its a dedicated server.

I have two scripts on the server a portal CMS & vbulletin.. Problem is only with vBulletin..

[snakes1100]

You will need to edit my.cnf and up the limit for connections and restart mysql.

max_connections =

If that dont solve it, you will need to have your server admin look into the issue more.