"J.R. Bullington" wrote: > Make sure that you have run `#/usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld &`
..when I try: #/usr/bin/safe_mysqld & [1] #Starting mysqld daemon with database from /var/lib/mysql STOPPING server from pid file /var/lib/mysql/mail.pid 041215 23:56:46 mysqld ended and: #/usr/bin/mysqladmin status /usr/bin/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 mysql is running and that the socket: '/var/lib/mysql.sock' exists ! thanks. Salvatore. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]