Hello
look at the permitions of mysql data directory.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Phillip B. Bruce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Michael Brunson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 7:49 AM
Subject: Re: Why I can't run Mysql program ? Please Help !
> Dear Phillip and all,
>
> I am installing from Binary Distribution and just follow the
INSTALL-BINARY
> file to install. I just did all the steps below:
>
> shell> groupadd mysql
> shell> useradd -g mysql mysql
> shell> cd /usr/local
> shell> gunzip < /path/to/mysql-VERSION-OS.tar.gz | tar xvf -
> shell> ln -s mysql-VERSION-OS mysql
> shell> cd mysql
> shell> scripts/mysql_install_db
> shell> chown -R root /usr/local/mysql
> shell> chown -R mysql /usr/local/mysql/data
> shell> chgrp -R mysql /usr/local/mysql
> shell> chown -R root /usr/local/mysql/bin
> shell> bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql &
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Kevin Chan
>
>
> <Phillip B. Bruce Wrote>
> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 2:35 PM
> Subject: Re: Why I can't run Mysql program ? Please Help !
>
>
> > Kevin Chan wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Michael and all,
> > >
> > > Hi Michael, do you mind to tell me where is the location of the my.cnf
> file
> > > in my michane (Sun Solaris2.8) beacuse I can't find it ?
> > >
> > > And what I should change on that file to solve the problem? ... thanks
!
> > >
> > > Thanks and regards,
> > > Kevin Chan
> > >
> > > <Michael Brunson Wrote>
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 12:35 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Why I can't run Mysql program ? Please Help !
> > >
> > > On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 12:00:08 +0800, "Kevin Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > | # ./bin/mysql
> > > | ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> > > | 'path-for-socket-file' (2)
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > You may want to edit your my.cnf file to have the path to the socket
> file.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Michael
> > >
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> > Kevin,
> >
> > If you had read the instruction from INSTALL-SOURCE you would have
> found the
> > following
> >
> > shell> useradd -g mysql mysql
> > shell> gunzip < mysql-VERSION.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
> > shell> cd mysql-VERSION
> > shell> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql
> > shell> make
> > shell> make install
> > shell> scripts/mysql_install_db
> > shell> chown -R root /usr/local/mysql
> > shell> chown -R mysql /usr/local/mysql/var
> > shell> chgrp -R mysql /usr/local/mysql
> > shell> cp support-files/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf
<===
> Here is
> > the step you left out
> > shell> /usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql &
> >
> >
> >
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