Hi! >>>>> "R" == R Talbot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: R> Monty, R> Took your advice and downloaded R> mysql-3.23.42-pc-linux-gnu-i686.tar.gz R> Placed it in /usr/local R> Renamed /usr/local/mysql to /usr/local/mysql-old R> unpacked with R> tar -zxvf mysql-3.23.42-pc-linux-gnu-i686.tar.gz R> which made /usr/local/mysql-3.23.42-pc-linux-gnu-i686 R> I checked out the dir ( I was working as root) R> and I saw the owner of the dir and files is db2as !! R> Now db2as is the Admin User Created by the DB2 7.1 install. R> How did this happen?? The problem is probably that your tar program doesn't use user-names but user-ids, in which case the files may be owned by 'anyone. R> I have used tar frequently and I have never seen this error. R> DB2 was installed in April. R> I did whoami and I was root. Tried as user same results. R> Tarred another non Mysql file, No problem? R> So, I changed all the dir and file owners to root or mysql. R> I changed the dir name to /usr/local/mysql. R> I ran /usr/local/mysql/scripts/mysql_install_db R> and got this error every time...... R> faults: command not found R> Didn't find ./bin/mysqld R> You should do a 'make install' before executing this script What output do you get for: ldd bin/mysqld bin/mysqld --help R> I renamed the dir to long name and copied mysqld to /bin... R> same error message... R> I guess this just won't work.. :^( It 'should' work. To know why it doesn't work, we would however need some more information... Regards, Monty --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
