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.
D�VID. "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
