Simon, Monday, May 20, 2002, 8:08:50 AM, you wrote: SKC> The other day, I tried connecting to mysql SKC> via the good old
SKC> mysql -u me -p SKC> but I got a message saying that my mysql.sock is missing SKC> from the tmp folder. After checking the mailing list SKC> archive, I decided (well, guessed is the more appropriate word) SKC> that I could try to re-start the daemon: SKC> bin/safe_mysqld --log & SKC> But i get this error message: SKC> The file /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld doesn't exist or SKC> is not executable SKC> Please do a cd to the mysql installation directory and restart SKC> this script from there as follows: SKC> ./bin/safe_mysqld. SKC> Now I'm really confused!! I tried entering a) ./bin/safe_mysqld and b) ./bin/safe_mysqld. SKC> (thinking that the period is part of the command...) but that didn't work. SKC> a) just gets me the same error message and b) isn't even a command! :-( SKC> Comments? Simon, what OS do you use? What is your MySQL distribution? Are you sure that MySQL server is installed? Check where your mysqld is located and run mysqld from this dir. Also check your permissions. There are a lot of things that can cause that kind of errors... SKC> Many thanks! -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [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
