Quick question. I just did an upgrade from source from 3.23.x to 4.0.18. A few things came up.
1. chown -R mysql var causes my RedHat 7.3 to complain. chown: getting attributes of `var': No such file or directory 2. Stopped mysql by typing shell> service mysql stop 3. Tried to start using "/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &" [EMAIL PROTECTED] mysql]# touch: creating `/usr/local/mysql/var/narsil.err': No such file or directory chown: getting attributes of `/usr/local/mysql/var/narsil.err': No such file or directory Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/var /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe: /usr/local/mysql/var/narsil.err: No such file or directory /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe: /usr/local/mysql/var/narsil.err: No such file or directory tee: /usr/local/mysql/var/narsil.err: No such file or directory 040220 13:04:57 mysqld ended tee: /usr/local/mysql/var/narsil.err: No such file or directory Typing "ps -aux | grep my" displays: mysql 32238 0.0 2.3 54068 11836 ? S 13:04 0:00 /usr/local/mysql/ mysql 32240 0.0 2.3 54068 11836 ? S 13:04 0:00 /usr/local/mysql/ mysql 32241 0.0 2.3 54068 11836 ? S 13:04 0:00 /usr/local/mysql/ mysql 32242 0.0 2.3 54068 11836 ? S 13:04 0:00 /usr/local/mysql/ mysql 32243 0.0 2.3 54068 11836 ? S 13:04 0:00 /usr/local/mysql/ mysql 32244 0.0 2.3 54068 11836 ? S 13:04 0:00 /usr/local/mysql/ mysql 32245 0.0 2.3 54068 11836 ? S 13:04 0:00 /usr/local/mysql/ mysql 32246 0.0 2.3 54068 11836 ? S 13:04 0:00 /usr/local/mysql/ mysql 32247 0.0 2.3 54068 11836 ? S 13:04 0:00 /usr/local/mysql/ mysql 32248 0.0 2.3 54068 11836 ? S 13:04 0:00 /usr/local/mysql/ So it would appear that the mysql daemon is running but now I can't access the databases with the mysql client e.g., mysql -u root -p. Help would be most graciously appreciated. Bob Cohen b.p.e.Creative http://www.bpecreative.com Design and production services for the web Put creative minds to work for you -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]