Peter,
The install of Mysql via the RH7 or 7.1 is a little flakey... The owner ship of
the /var/lib/mysql directory should be mysql:root, as well as the mysql and test
databases... Also, there is a script /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql (or mysqld) which
offer several benefits when starting and stopping mysql. Try (as root) doing
/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld stop and then /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld start... wait then
hit enter... if you don't get the message mysqld ended, you're in business...
type mysqladmin status as root... and see if it connects....
Quoting "treonet. Peter Schade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi!
>
> I have mysql installed with freevsd on a RH7.0 System, but if i start
> mysql
> with "su mysql safe_mysqld" i get the folowing error messages:
>
> Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
>
> Number of processes running now: 0
> 010515 05:37:01 mysqld restarted
>
> Number of processes running now: 0
> 010515 05:37:01 mysqld restarted
>
> Number of processes running now: 0
> 010515 05:37:01 mysqld restarted
>
> ....
>
> And so one... what is the problem ?
>
> The var/lib/mysql directory is user and group mysql. The user exist.
>
> Thanks Peter
>
Barbara A. Severance
The Digital Horseman
http://www.digihorse.com
