Sorry. Correct output is like this- (I am still not able to solve the problem). Please help. root /bin/sh /usr/bin/safe_mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf
mysql /usr/libexec/mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid --skip-locking On Apr 2, 2005 6:43 PM, Raj shekhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thomas wrote: > > Dear All > > My MySQl database server is not working. Observations as below- > > > > [1] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] squid]# mysqladmin create 2 > > mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed > > error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)' > > Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: > > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' exists! > > check if your mysqld is running. > > ps -aux|grep -i mysql > > if not, then your mysqld is not running. Do a 'service mysql start' (if > it is RH or FC) . That should get mysqld running > > -- > Raj Shekhar Y! : Operations Engineer > MySQL DBA, programmer and slacker Y!IM : lunatech3007 > home : http://rajshekhar.net blog : http://rajshekhar.net/blog/ > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/