In general, you can simply search for the location of mysqld (perhaps using a utility like find). Once you find the file, make sure that it has execute permissions. Then, run mysqld_safe from the directory containing mysqld, as the error message suggests.
----- Original Message ----- From: "harsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 2:41 PM Subject: Re: The file /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld doesn't exist or is not executable > > I found that file in /usr/libexec/mysqld hope that helps > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > harsh > http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~harsh > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > 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] > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
