Hi, My /etc/my.cnf has the 'password' line commented out. Also, according to the instructions, that files is not copied over yet at the time one does the db install command: mysql_install_db.
Any ideas? Thanks, Cheers, Douglas p.s.: I copied Sinisa on this since he also came up with the same idea. > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul DuBois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 10:10 AM > To: Douglas B. Jones; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Douglas B Jones > Subject: Re: installing mysql 3.23.43 - unrecognized option > > > At 9:51 AM -0500 10/30/01, Douglas B. Jones wrote: > >Hi, > > > >On Tru64 5.1, I am trying to install mysql 3.23.43. I follow > >the steps in section 2.3 of running scripts/mysql_install_db. > >It comes back with the error: > > > >/usr/local/mysql-test/libexec/mysqld: unrecognized option > `--password=reqid' > > > >a password I never typed in. After that, it gives the usage > >help for the command. Does anyone have any pointers to what > >I am doing wrong? > > Look in /etc/my.cnf and see if you find that line there. If you do, > remove the -- at the beginning of the line. The double-dash is only > for options given on the command line. They should not be used > for options in option files. > > > > >Thanks, > >Cheers, > >Douglas > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
