I'm running MySQL 3.23.37 on a RedHat 6.2 with a custom 2.2.22 kernel. Recently I stopped being able to connect from a remote client, with a "mysqld process hanging" message in the log and a "lost connection" message on the client, and I found in the archives that this is probably due a recent update of glibc.
I tried to install 3.23.53, to see whether this might correct the problem; however, whenever I try to start the server using "mysql.server start", the server starts and then dies immediately, writing the following message in the log file: Fatal error: Can't change to run as user 'mysql'; Please check that the user exists! Needless to say the user does exist; when I change /usr/local/mysql, which is a symbolic link, to point to my old 3.23.37 directory rather than 3.23.53, the same mysql.server file works fine (the data directory is elsewhere, at /home/mysql). Do you know if 3.23.53 might correct the "mysqld process hanging" problem? And could you help me with the upgrade anyway? Thank you! --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
