Does mysql own the mysql database directory, and all its files? You should have run it as mysql_install_db --user=mysql
Rance Hall wrote: > > Hello all > > I have a slackware 8.0 distro that includes mysql 3.39.x (I'm not at > that computer now, so that could be wrong slighly) install pkg > > I have installed it, and I can get it to run with the > --skip-grant-tables option. > > When I try to run safe_mysqld without the skip option I get the > following error: Table 'mysql.host' doesn't exist > > Now, I ran the mysql_install_db script and it made a bunch of > databases including two called host.xxx > > Question, what is the proper syntax for a creation of the mysql.host > table so that I can create it and get past this error. > > If anyone else has any experience with this, could this be a bug in > the install_db script? > > Thanks for all your help > > Rance > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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 > <[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
