...sorry ... idon't read carefully your message... check with : whereis mysqld ... if is in /usr/libexec then check if is executable. If is in other directory "whereis" tell you and you can move "mysqld" from "whereis" to /usr/libexec.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon K. Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mysql Help" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 8:14 AM Subject: error message....somewhat lost > > Hi All, > > The other day, I tried connecting to mysql > via the good old > > >mysql -u me -p > > but I got a message saying that my mysql.sock is missing > from the tmp folder. After checking the mailing list > archive, I decided (well, guessed is the more appropriate word) > that I could try to re-start the daemon: > > bin/safe_mysqld --log & > > But i get this error message: > The file /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld doesn't exist or > is not executable > Please do a cd to the mysql installation directory and restart > this script from there as follows: > ./bin/safe_mysqld. > > Now I'm really confused!! I tried entering a) ./bin/safe_mysqld and b) ./bin/safe_mysqld. > (thinking that the period is part of the command...) but that didn't work. > a) just gets me the same error message and b) isn't even a command! :-( > > Comments? > > Many thanks! > > simon > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.com > > > > ===== > ######################################### > > Warmest Regards, > Simon K. Chan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
