Um, kindof an obvious question, but did you install the mySQL CLIENT as well as the server? They are separate .rpm files or binaries or whatever you use.
DÆVID. "A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but a true friend will be sitting next to you in the holding cell, laughing and saying -'That was fucking awesome!'" > -----Original Message----- > From: CM Miller [mailto:cmmiller1973@;yahoo.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 5:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Still not getting a mysql prompt > > > I'm still not getting a mysql prompt to login to. > I've tried what was suggested below, but I'm not sure > what it does and I searched for that directory and > could not find a TMPDIR. > > If I try loging in under Root or as a user by typing > mysql I get an error message: command not found, but > the mysql daemon is running. > > Do I need to link some files from /usr/local/MySQL to > /bin? > > Please help > > thanks > > -Chris > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > mysql Digest 31 Oct 2002 21:33:52 -0000 Issue 2159 > >use this > > > > > >Shell>TMPDIR=/tmp > >Shell>export TMPDIR > > > >restart mysql. > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: CM Miller [mailto:cmmiller1973@;yahoo.com] > >Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:42 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: How do I log into MySQL? > > > > > > > >I can start/stop the daemon for MySQL with no > problem. > > > >And, if i ps -aux | grep mysql I show that it is > >running, but if I check the log I get the following > >output: > > > >021025 20:11:44 mysqld started > >021025 20:11:44 > >/usr/local/MySQL/mysql-3.23.52-pc-linux-gnu-i686/bin/mysqld: > >Can't create/write to file > >'/usr/local/MySQL/mysql-3.23.52-pc-linux-gnu-i686/data/phoeni > x.miller.org.pi > >d' > >(Errcode: 13) > >021025 20:11:44 > >/usr/local/MySQL/mysql-3.23.52-pc-linux-gnu-i686/bin/mysqld: > >Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13) > >021025 20:11:44 > >/usr/local/MySQL/mysql-3.23.52-pc-linux-gnu-i686/bin/mysqld: > >Error on delete of > >'/usr/local/MySQL/mysql-3.23.52-pc-linux-gnu-i686/data/phoeni > x.miller.org.pi > >d' > >(Errcode: 13) > >021025 20:11:44 mysqld ended > > > >021025 20:14:17 mysqld started > >021025 20:14:17 > >/usr/local/MySQL/mysql-3.23.52-pc-linux-gnu-i686/bin/mysqld: > >Can't create/write to file > >'/usr/local/MySQL/mysql-3.23.52-pc-linux-gnu-i686/data/phoeni > x.miller.org.pi > >d' > >(Errcode: 13) > >021025 20:14:17 > >/usr/local/MySQL/mysql-3.23.52-pc-linux-gnu-i686/bin/mysqld: > >Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13) > >021025 20:14:17 > >/usr/local/MySQL/mysql-3.23.52-pc-linux-gnu-i686/bin/mysqld: > >Error on delete of > >'/usr/local/MySQL/mysql-3.23.52-pc-linux-gnu-i686/data/phoeni > x.miller.org.pi > >d' > >(Errcode: 13) > >021025 20:14:17 mysqld ended > > > > > > > >I'm nost sure what to make of this, but is this the > >reason why I can't login? > > > >thanks > > > >-Chris > > > > > > > >===== > >***************************************** > >GAIM ID: cmmiller1973 > >***************************************** > > > ===== > ***************************************** > GAIM ID: cmmiller1973 > ***************************************** > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > > ===== > ***************************************** > GAIM ID: cmmiller1973 > ***************************************** > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.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 > <[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
