Hello.
Start points for you problem: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/can-not-connect-to-server.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/starting-server.html > socket=/home.dbdata/mysql/mysql.sock What is your client thinks about the location of mysqld socket? Put the same line in [client] section of my.cnf. Sanjay Arora wrote: > Hi all > > First usage of MySQL. Newbie in Linux as well as MySQL. Using CentOS 4.2 > with MySQL 4.1.12, rpm install. > > Changed the data directory. > > My /etc/my.conf > --------------- > > [mysqld] > datadir=/home.dbdata/mysql > socket=/home.dbdata/mysql/mysql.sock > > > # Default to using old password format for compatibility with mysql 3.x > # clients (those using the mysqlclient10 compatibility package). > old_passwords=1 > > [mysql.server] > user=mysql > basedir=/var/lib > > [mysqld_safe] > err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log > pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid > > ------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------- > > Ran these commands for permissions: > chown -R mysql:mysql /home.dbdata/mysql > chmod -R go-rwx /home.dbdata/mysql > > Running /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld start says that mysql start failed BUT > > ps -aux shows that mysql is running though it reports failure instead of > OK when I start it. > > Also when I stop myswl from commandline, it stops and shows OK, but > cannot also connect to it. > > Checked the pid file mentioned in the my.cnf and it gets created and > deleted when mysql starts & stops respectively. > > Please advise what is happening and what step I have taken wrong and > what to do to correct it. Am a newbie but can follow instructions. > Please help. > > With best regards. > Sanjay. > > > > > > > > > -- 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]
