Hi Chris,
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 06:21:48PM -0800, Chris Becker wrote:
>
> I installed MySQL on my RH6.2 intel box to the default directory specified
> by the install /usr/local/mysql. After following the installation
> instructions, I was able to perform the Post-Install test ok, the server
> started, I queried the test dbase, etc.
>
> 2 days post install I booted up the box, tried to start the server with:
> shell>./bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql &
You're doing this as root, are you?
I don't use RH, but doesn't it install a startup script? Then you
would start it (running as root) with something like:
/sbin/init.d/mysql start
or
/etc/init.d/mysql start
Depending on your OS.
Regards,
Fred.
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