Ben,
Friday, August 02, 2002, 12:33:35 AM, you wrote:

BT> Not sure if this is the correct list to be sending to but I am having
BT> some very frustrating problems with mysql-3.23.51 on redhat 7.2

BT> My problem is the db starts just fine using bin/safe_mysqld --user=root
BT> & although the crt seems to lock when I issue the command.  After I hit
BT> ctl+c and get back to a prompt, the db is running in ps -aux listing.  I
BT> checked it from the administrative site that I have setup on the server
BT> and the tables are there along with all the data a default install
BT> should have.

BT> Problem is, when I attempt to start it via mysqld I get 
BT> 020801 14:27:49  /usr/local/mysql-3.23.51-pc-linux-gnu-i686/bin/mysqld:
BT> Table 'mysql.host' doesn't exist

Seems, owner of MySQL data dir is 'root' but mysqld runs as user
'mysql'. You should change owner of the MySQL database to run mysqld
as user 'mysql':
     http://www.mysql.com/doc/C/h/Changing_MySQL_user.html

BT> Does anyone know what this might be a symptm of?  I cant seem to find
BT> much about this error specifically that is applicable to my setup.  Im
BT> just trying to get the db so that it will start via mysqld........Thanks
BT> in advance!




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