Make sure the permissions on the file are set to executable. Assuming your platform is some *nix variant, login as root or owner. Change to the directory where your mysqld is located (/usr/local/mysql/libexec) and execute the following command:
chmod 755 * This will ensure the binaries and scripts are executable. I hope this helps. Pat... CocoNet Corporation ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 5:18 PM Subject: The file /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld doesn't exist or is not executable > Hi, > > I got the following message when trying to start the mysql instance: > ------------ > $ mysqld_safe & > [1] 22717 > $ The file /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld doesn't exist or is not executable > Please do a cd to the mysql installation directory and restart > this script from there as follows: > ./bin/mysqld_safe. > ----------- > > Can anyone help me to resolve this? It is emergency. > > Regards, > song > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
