[chef] executing mysql command error

[Ameya Ameya Savale < >]

I've been having some trouble executing a mysql command. So in my recipe I
enable the mysql service using the runit cookbook which works fine, however in
my next resource when I try to run a mysql command I get a socket error. When 
I
try to run the exact command directly from the command line it works fine, why
does this happen?

Here is my runit resource

runit_service "Enable service mysql-#{setup_instance_node['node']}" do
        sv_bin "/usr/bin/sv"
        sv_dir "/var/services"
        service_dir "/service"
        service_name "mysql-#{setup_instance_node['name']}"
        sv_templates false
        sv_verbose true
        action :nothing
end

runit_service "Restart service mysql-#{setup_instance_node['node']}" do
        sv_bin "/usr/bin/sv"
        sv_dir "/var/services"
        service_dir "/service"
        service_name "mysql-#{setup_instance_node['name']}"
        sv_templates false
        sv_verbose true
        action :nothing
end

at this point it says that the mysql service is already up and then this is 
the
next resource which I am running:

ruby_block "Set root password and set global users" do
        block do
                socket =
"/var/lib/mysql/#{setup_instance_node['name']}/mysql.sock"

                exec = ::Chef::Resource::Execute.new("Readonly users",
run_context)
                exec.command %Q{ mysql --socket=#{socket} -u root -e "grant
select, usage on *.* to 'readonly'@'%%' identified by 'readonly';" }
                exec.run_action(:run)
        end
        action :nothing
end

it is in this resource that I am getting the error: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't
connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/test/mysql.sock'
(2)

but when I run the command from the command line it works fine, is this a
problem with my actual command or with the way chef is converging the
resources.

- Thank You
Ameya