hi - i have got to the beginning stages of installation - on trying to create a root password with:
bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'password' i get bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)' Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' exists! [1]+ Done bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql how can i fix this ? i had previously started the server with: [root@jt mysql]# bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql & and it had returned: [1] 3698 [root@jt mysql]# Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/data 030211 12:32:05 mysqld ended __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.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
