Thank you.
I got /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld as the only return from that find
command.
I'll try again from a tarball.
On 23 Feb 2001, at 14:58, Atle Veka wrote:
>
> It might have installed it in a separate place. I believe the default
> might be /usr/local/libexec/mysqld.
>
> Do a 'find /usr/ -name "mysqld"' to attempt to find your binary.
>
> I always like to install stuff by source, cuz then I can always
> specify where things go :) RPM usually should work fine, but sometimes
> it can be tricky.
>
>
> Atle
>
> On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, John Jensen wrote:
>
> > I do believe I have a mess on my hands.
> > Lacking any other guidance, I tried upgrading my mysql to 3.23 with
> > an rpm on a Redhat Linux 6.1 system. I now have the same directory
> > layout for mysql as on my Redhat 7 server, except there is no daemon
> > to be found there. The only mysql daemon found anywhere is still in
> > /usr/local/mysql/bin, and it still doesn't work. Attempts to execute
> > no longer insist there is supposed to be a libexec directory. It
> > just tells me it can't find any data in the var directory. When I
> > ran scripts/mysql_install_db, it just tells me to remember to copy
> > the support-files/mysql.server to the right place (wherever that is,
> > if not where it is already) and to remember to set a password. That
> > doesn't work either. It wants a /tmp/mysql.sock file, and I don't
> > have one to give it.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > On 21 Feb 2001, at 16:29, Atle Veka wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > where's your mysqld located?
> > >
> > > just change your safe_mysql script to contain the correct location
> > > of your mysqld binary.
> > >
> > > also, i *think* mysqladmin -uroot -p[pass] shutdown
> > > is the preferred shutdown mechanism, didn't even know you could do
> > > that with mysql (client).
> > >
> > > are you sure it's actually stopped? do a 'ps | grep mysqld' to
> > > find out ;)
> > >
> > >
> > > Atle
> > >
> > > On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, John Jensen wrote:
> > >
> > > > I had shut down the mysql daemon using:
> > > > bin/mysql -u root -p[password] shutdown
> > > > Now when I attempt to restart it using:
> > > > bin/safe_mysql &
> > > > it gives me the message:
> > > > [1] 2564
> > > > The file /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld doesn't exist or is
> > > > not executable Please do a cd to the mysql installation
> > > > directory and restart this script from there as follows:
> > > > ./bin/safe_mysql but ./bin/safe_mysql just gave me the same
> > > > message prefaced by: [2] 2570 I checked and found the directory
> > > > 'libexec' does not exist. I can't recall it ever did. So now I
> > > > am left wondering: "Why is it trying to look in a non-existent
> > > > direcory?" and "What went wrong?"
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > John Jensen
> > > > 520 Goshawk Court
> > > > Bakersfield, CA 93309
> > > > 661-833-2858
> > > >
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