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Are you able to start MySQL server by this command? service mysqld start I think you should put the correct values for the basedir, datadir, PATH variables at the beginning of the /etc/init.d/mysql file. Mark Sargent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > attempting another mysql install, on a 3rd machine. Extracted the tar.gz > file to /usr/local/mysql. Followed the install docs here, > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/installing-binary.html > > and successfully ran the MySql grant tables script, > > 6. If you haven't installed MySQL before, you must create the MySQL > grant tables: > > shell> scripts/mysql_install_db --user=mysql > > > I then followed here, > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/automatic-start.html > > to a T, and copied mysql.server to /etc/init.d, and just for good > measure, gave it permission to execute, > > chmod +x /etc/init.d/mysql > > I then rebooted, to see how things would go at boot, and saw a failed > message for mysqld_safe, > > Apr 16 21:20:01 localhost lsb_log_message: Can't execute > ./bin/mysqld_safe failed > > Can anyone explain why it wouldn't start..? Anything I should be looking > for..? I can start the server with ./mysqld_safe from within the bin dir > and I can connect as root or mysql. Cheers. > > /etc/init.dmysql permissions > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] init.d]# ls -lh mysql > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6.2K Apr 16 21:11 mysql > > Mark Sargent. > > -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
