More like it has already started. Do "ps -ef | grep mysql" to find out.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Steve Tuckner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 0:21
Subject: Re: Newbie Linux 7 installation question
> chown -R mysql /var/mysql
>
>
> Steve Tuckner wrote:
> >
> > When I run safe_mysqld, it starts and ends immediatly. In the mysqld.log
in
> > /var/log it has the following:
> >
> > 010418 21:19:47 mysqld started
> > 010418 21:19:47 /usr/libexec/mysqld: Can't find file:
'./mysql/host.frm'
> > (errno: 13)
> > 010418 21:19:47 mysqld ended
> >
> > Below is the my.cnf file
> >
> > [mysqld]
> > datadir=/var/lib/mysql
> > socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
> >
> > [mysql.server]
> > user=mysql
> > basedir=/var/lib
> >
> > [safe_mysqld]
> > err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log
> > pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
> >
> > I ran mysql_install_db and it created database files in
> > /var/lib/mysql/mysql. The file host.frm does exist in that directory. I
> > tried copying those files /var/lib/mysql but it made no difference. I
have
> > no ethernet card in the machine and therefore it would be running as
> > localhost.
> >
> > Any ideas???
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
>
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