On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 10:01:40PM +0900, ASARI Takashi wrote: > 2007/5/23, David R. Stites <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > pal-174-168:/sw/var dstites$ sudo mysqld_safe & > > [1] 1868 > > > > pal-174-168:/sw/var dstites$ mysqladmin create test > > mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed > > error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' > > (2)' > > Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' exists! > > > > I double checked that all the permissions were set correctly to 700. At > > first, it looked like mysqld started fine when I used sudo, however, when I > > tried to create a test database, it looked like it was never started in the > > first place. > > Ah... Maybe "sudo -l && sudo mysqld_safe &" instead of just executing > "sudo mysqld_safe &"? > Perhaps you were being prompted your password by the background job.
Yes, I believe "sudo FOO &" backgrounds the sudo command itself, not the command launched by sudo. May "sudo -s" to get a shell and then "mysqld_safe &" from there. dan -- Daniel Macks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
