MySQL ERROR! Couldn't find MySQL manager (/var/lib/bin/mysqlmanager)

cpanel server

/etc/init.d/mysql status
ERROR! MySQL is not running
[root@ns2 subsys]# /etc/init.d/mysql restart
ERROR! MySQL manager or server PID file could not be found!
Starting MySQL ERROR! Couldn't find MySQL manager (/var/lib/bin/mysqlmanager) or server (/var/lib/bin/mysqld_safe)
[root@ns2 subsys]# /etc/init.d/mysql stop
ERROR! MySQL manager or server PID file could not be found!

check in /etc/my.cnf ----------whether base_dir is set to /var/lib if so remove it.