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>>Description:
> I have just installed MySQL 4.0.4 on Linux kernel 2.4.2-2 on a
> Hewlett-Packard
> Kayak machine. I ran the mysql_install_db script with no problems,
> but am unable
> to create a root password as directed by the script. I have started
> MySQL with
> ./bin/mysqld_safe & as directed by the script, but when I try to
> create a root
> user with ./bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'thepword', 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!
>
> This is the first install of MySQL on this server (and my first try
> at installing).
>
Check where is mysql.sock is located and specify path to the socket file with --socket
option of mysqladmin or add appropriate entry to the my.cnf file.
> I'm also wondering where you copy the support-files/mysql.server in
> Linux?
Copy it to the /etc/rc.d/init.d:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Automatic_start.html
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