try using "which" instead of "whereis" "Simon K. Chan" wrote:
> Gelu, > > Thanks for taking the time to respond. I did this: > > whereis mysqld > > and get this: > > mysqld: > > which is really weird, because mysqld is located in /usr/local/mysql/bin > > I would appreciate any advice you can offer me! thanks! :-) > > --- Gelu Gogancea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ...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 > > > > ===== > ######################################### > > 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
