I had to reload mysql 4.0.17 on to a Fedora Core machine that was previously working in the same configuration. Now though I can't get the server to run with the either of the following commands:
./mysql.server start - the command line reappears with no error but no running process in the system monitor /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe -user=mysql - this command does not return to the command prompt so when I hit the enter key I get "Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql 0404124 00:13:21 mysqld ended. It looks to me as if it attempts to start but fails with no error. I checked the mysqld.log and I see that I get 6 entries for each start attempt: 040124 time mysqld started 040124 time Can't start server: bind on unix socket: Permission denied 040124 time Do you already have another mysqld server running on socket: /var/lib/mysql/mysql/mysql.sock ? 040124 time Aborting 040124 time /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown complete 040124 time /mysqld ended I have the myserver.start script in the init.d folder for boot startup and still get the same error (rc5.d) Permissions for the /var/lib/mysql/mysql/ dir is mysql I did neglect to create the mysql user and group prior to install from source but subsequently added the user and group and reran the install over the initial install?????? What am I missing on the reinstall?
