Make sure that /tmp is writable by the user running MySQL.
You say you are setting MySQL up on your account, do you have access to the
root account on this box? If not, are you sure that the box your on doesn't
already have MySQL running?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tatti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 7:32 AM
Subject: A complete newbie here (long post)
> I have spent the past 24 hours trying to install and configure MySql on my
account at my ISP. Every try failes.
>
> I have three different instructions and none works.
>
> Installing is no problem. What I can't do is change password to one I want
or even run the server without changing the dafault password. I cant even
log in with default pwd.
>
> Below is a cut&paste of a mailings between me and someone who tried
helping me. See if you can figure it out.
>
> > start MySql:
> > bin/safe_mysqld &
> >
> Gave the following result:
> bin/mysqld: Fatal error: Can't find messagefile
'/usr/local/mysql/share/mysql/english/errmsg.sys
>
> >
> > bin/mysql
> >
> Same error message as above
>
> Later:
> > bin/mysql
> >
> And that gave:
> ERROR 1045: Access denied for user 'stage1@localhost' (Using Password: NO)
>
> Yet later:
> > start MySql:
> > bin/safe_mysqld &
> >
> Now I got:
> Starting mysql daemon with databases from
/home/stage1/.www/mysql-x.xx.xxetcetcetc/data
> rm: cannot unlink '/tmp/mysql.sock':operation not permitted
> 010331 13:57:50 mysqld ended
>
> Full instructions I got from my friend was the following:
> As root, untar into /usr/local:
>
> tar xvfz mysql-xx.xx.xx.tar.gz
>
> create a symlink to a mysql directory:
> ln -s mysql-xx.xx.xx mysql
>
> cd to mysql and prep the database:
> cd mysql
> scripts/mysql_install_db
>
> start MySql:
> bin/safe_mysqld &
>
> now connect to it:
>
> bin/mysql
>
> (no parameters!)
>
> And you're there.
>
> Well, I followed his instructions and they worked as far as what I pasted
above.
>
> My plan is to phpnuke the entire site and therefore I need the MySQL. To
add to it all I have absolutely no knowledge of either Linux or Unix. But I
intend to learn.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help I get.
>
> Cheers
> Tatti
>
>
>
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