Andy, Friday, March 29, 2002, 7:04:29 PM, you wrote: AJ> Well, I took the plunge and am trying to get to grips with this Linux and AJ> have fallen at the first hurdle with MySQL. When I type mysql from my AJ> shell prompt (logged in as root) I get the following message
AJ> ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket AJ> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111) AJ> I've done some searching and it looks like mysqld needs starting so I ran AJ> safe_mysqld & and got this: AJ> [root@Linux /root]# Starting mysqld daemon with databases from AJ> /var/lib/mysql AJ> 020329 16:49:58 mysqld ended AJ> I know I must have missed something obvious but if anyone could give me AJ> any pointers I'd be grateful. Please, check the MySQL log file 'your_host_name.err' that is located in the MySQL datadir. Are there any causes of error? Check also your permissions on the '/var/lib/mysql' dir. AJ> Andy -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/ This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.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
