Help, I have a very urgent problem, I installed RedHat 7.1 for a company
that wanted to migrate to it with their MySQL database.
Unfortunately I encountered problems with MySQL
1. I ran mysql_install_db and got the messages about running mysqladmin
to create a root password, OK so far
2. ran mysqladmin -u root password <pswd> and got an error: "Can't
connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'"
3. checked and the sock exists, so I figured that mysqld wasn't
runnning.
4. tried /usr/bin/safe_mysqld & but mysqld ended immediately after it
started
5. tail /var/log/mysqld.log contains the message that
/usr/libexec/mysqld can't find the file './mysql/host.frm'
6. when I try running /usr/libexec/mysqld as root I get the message
regarding Security. Running it as a normal user I get the message: can't
start server: Bind on Unix Socket : address already in use.
7. if I run /user/libexec/mysqld -h
I get the list of variables, among which
basedir: /usr/
datadir: /var/lib/mysql
tmpdir: /tmp/
...
Unix socket: /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
I have tried modifying /etc/my.cnf, /usr/share/mysql/mysql.server ...
nothing.
When I do a "telnet 127.0.0.1 3306" I get unable to connect, connection
refused so I assume that mysqld never started.
I had previously installed MySQL with earlier verdsions of Red Hat (6.2,
7.0) and even compiled versions but I have never encountered such
frustrating problems. Can someone point me in the right direction? (Yes,
I have read the manual, the O'Reilly book and online FAQ.)
I wold appreciate any pointers or even nidication of whom I could
contact for help (and eventual costs), thanks.
--
Andy De Paoli
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