Try the following: safe_mysqld --user=mysql &
Also make sure that your data directory is readable and writeable by the mysql user. the socket file is generally just named mysql.sock and it would be in your /tmp dir. -----Original Message----- From: Alex Jarvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 1:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: chown: 'mysql': invalid user To summarize: I was getting a "cannot connect through socket..." error. It would appear that the server is not running and the socket doesn't exist. So I tried to start the server (as root) using safe-mysqld & and mysql.server start, but in either case I recieve the message: chown: 'mysql': invalid user Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql 020711 13:18:45 mysqld ended Any suggestions? Keep in mind I'm not an expert with UNIX so it could be something that seems simple. Thanks again, -Alex --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
