"Suresh Babu A. [IT Engineer]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I couldn't start the mysql in the red hat 8, due the bad > configuration in my.cnf and non availability of data file for > the database. I want to reinstall the mysql, kindly let me know how to.
You can just edit my.cnf file. > > I have also tried "rmp -e <File>.rpm' and removed the files from > /var/lib/mysql. Reinstalled everything, still i couldn't make it. > > Pacakage availabe now : - > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mysql]# rpm -qa | grep -i mysql > MySQL-bench-4.0.13-0 > MySQL-server-4.0.13-0 > MySQL-shared-4.0.13-0 > MySQL-shared-compat-4.0.13-0 > MySQL-devel-4.0.13-0 > MySQL-client-4.0.13-0 > MySQL-embedded-4.0.13-0 > Mysql-DBI-perl-bin-1.1825-1 > > > Error at startup : - > > 030829 17:09:57 mysqld started > 030829 17:09:57 InnoDB: Started > 030829 17:09:57 Fatal error: Can't open privilege tables: Table 'mysql.host' do > esn't exist > 030829 17:09:57 Aborting > > 030829 17:09:57 InnoDB: Starting shutdown... > 030829 17:09:59 InnoDB: Shutdown completed > 030829 17:09:59 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete > > 030829 17:09:59 mysqld ended Check if privilege tables exist. If so check permissions on the files. If you don't have privilege tables, run mysql_install_db script. -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
