Damien, Thursday, October 03, 2002, 4:25:56 AM, you wrote: DB> Hi, I have just started out using MySQL and have had no end of trouble DB> getting it started. I am running Redhat 7.2 and MySQL 3.23. I found that I DB> had to modify my.cnf to point to the path /var/lib/mysql/mysql instead of DB> just /var/lib/mysql. It still does not start however. The log file shows DB> that the table 'mysql.host' does not exist. I have searched the system for DB> this file but it does not exist anywhere. Therefore it cannot be another DB> path issue. It seems that the install may note have created it. I installed DB> it using RPM at the shell.
If you installed MySQL server from rpm by default datadir is /var/lib/mysql not the /var/lib/mysql/mysql. That is why MySQL server can't find mysql.host. -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [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
