Unable to run mariadb in safe mode

When I run following command mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables & I get message `myuser@myvm:~$ 200523 08:24:41 mysqld_safe Logging to syslog. 200523 08:24:41 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql` After that when I type mysql then I get following error: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2 "No such file or directory") How do I restart mariadb in safe mode to reset root password?