Hello.
Probably mysql_install_db wasn't executed due to SElinux restrictions. Execute it is manually. Check that your data directory has the 'mysql' database. Robert L Cochran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I installed MySQL-server version 5.0.4 on my Fedora Core 3 system > (Linux x86, using RPMs from MySQL.com) with SELinux running in enforcing > mode, the server failed to start, possibly due to denials from the > SELinux implementation. > > 'restorecon -R -v /var/lib/mysql' failed to let the server start. > 'restorecon -R -v /usr/lib/mysql' failed to let the server start. > 'restorecon -v /usr/sbin/mysqld' failed to let the server start. > > I then disabled SELinux just for the mysqld application. However MySQL > 5's server won't start. > > I located the error log and it has this message: > > [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Table > 'mysql.host' doesn't exist > > How can I fix this problem? Should I uninstall MySQL (with 'rpm -e') and > reinstall it? This should work if I disabled SELinux for mysqld? > > Thanks for your help > > Bob Cochran > Greenbelt, Maryland, USA > > > > -- 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]
