OK thx to MATHAN's previous post. Solution: Executed the following commands..
# chown -R mysql /var/lib/mysql # chmod 700 /var/lib/mysql Then started the daemon. Thx -EKG From: ekg1 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 1:39 AM Subject: Mysql daemon dies on startup I have installed Redhat 9.0 and upgraded mysql thru RHN to 3.23.58-1.9 I executed the following commands: [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux]# mysql_install_db then [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux]# /usr/bin/safe_mysqld & [1] 12018 [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux]# Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql 031108 01:30:55 mysqld ended No host*.err files are created. Thank you for your help. -EKG
