Hi, I just got this similar problem in mysql install. I fixed this by ignoring the follow line in /etc/my.cnf :
####socket=/tmp/mysql.socket Hope this help you. Hung Lam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Subbiah Nishant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 10:47 PM Subject: request: mysql install question > After I went through the following steps successfully, > (The previous problem I had regarding inability to untar files was solved by > downloading stuff on that computer where it was untarred. Before that I was > trying to untar stuff downloaded on to a samba share !!!) > shell> groupadd mysql > 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 > for > shell> /usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql & > I get, > [1] 15387 > [root@calamity /root]# Starting mysqld daemon with databases from > /usr/local/mysql/var > 020314 09:47:12 mysqld ended > > > [1]+ Done /usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld > then when I try to, > ./mysqladmin -u root password 'passwd' > I get, > ./mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed > error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' > (2)' > Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' exists! > > Please advise. I have many more things to do including setting up php and > apache. Would also appreciate links to those as well. > > Also how can I specify RPMs to install to a particular directory like > /usr/local/mysql. There was an option, > rpm --dbpath <path>. So could I do a, > rpm -Uvh --dbpath </usr/local/mysql> rpm > then ?????????????????????????????????? > > Thanks. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <mysql-unsubscribe-##L=##[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
