Dear Marek and all, The directory for MySQL (/etc/local)as below:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 34 Dec 5 16:32 mysql -> mysql-3.23.46-sun-solaris2.8-sparc drwxr-xr-x 13 root mysql 512 Dec 5 16:30 mysql-3.23.46-sun-solaris2.8-sparc Thanks and regards, Kevin Chan <Marek Zaradzki Wrote> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 2:58 PM Subject: Re: Why I can't run Mysql program ? Please Help ! > 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 > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > 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 > > > > > > 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 & > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ************************************************************ > > > *** Phillip B. Bruce *** > > > *** http://pbbruce.home.mindspring.com *** > > > *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** > > > *** *** > > > *** "Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than *** > > > *** you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you *** > > > *** is a maniac." - George Carlin *** > > > ************************************************************ > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
