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Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 10:14 PM
Subject: can't find /tmp/mysql.sock
> Please help. I downloaded the binary distribution for
> mysql-3.23.55-pc-linux-i686 to run on redhat linux 8.0
>
> I've done the following commands:
>
> shell
Ryan McDougall wrote:
when I do this this is what I get:
starting mysql with databases from /var/lib/mysql
This may be your culprit right here... not sure where the mysql_install_db
defaults its installs to, but I'm guessing its not /var/lib/mysql. And you
installed everything into /usr/local/mysq
> when I do this this is what I get:
> starting mysql with databases from /var/lib/mysql
> 030228 16:00:55 mysqld ended
This may be your culprit right here... not sure where the mysql_install_db
defaults its installs to, but I'm guessing its not /var/lib/mysql. And you
installed everything into /
Please help. I downloaded the binary distribution for
mysql-3.23.55-pc-linux-i686 to run on redhat linux 8.0
I've done the following commands:
shell>> cd /usr/local
shell>> gunzip < /downloads/mysql-3.23.55-pc-linux-i686.tar.gz | tar xvf -
shell>> groupadd mysql
shell>> useradd -g mysql mysql
she