I got it. Thank you very very much for the help.
Ling
>From: Trond Eivind Glomsrød <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Ling Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Can't start MYSQL on Linux
>Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 23:03:41 -0400 (EDT)
>
> >On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Ling Wang wrote:
>
> > I have to login as root user to do mysql_install_db and safe_mysqld &.
> > Otherwise I will get permission denied message.
>
>You already made those files, and they're owned by root. You can't
>overwrite them that way.
>
>Just do a chown before you start the database.
>
> > How come when I type service mysqld start, Linux says command not found?
>I
> > could not find the command chkconfig either.
>
>Both are not path of a user's path[1] - they're admin tools, and are for
>the use of root. Root can also control which services start with "tksysv"
>and "ntsysv".
>
>[1] They're in /sbin, for the curious.
>--
>Trond Eivind Glomsrød
>Red Hat, Inc.
>
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