I'm not sure if this is part of your problem or not Kevin,
seems you have a few issues, so I'll cover them one at at time...
getting the permissions and ownership correct, this is cut/paste from the
INSTALL docs, pretty much cut/pasteable to your sytem (errr):
groupadd mysql
useradd -g mysql mysql
cd {wherever mysql is installed}
scripts/mysql_install_db
chown -R root .
chown -R mysql data
chgrp -R mysql .
run mysql with:
bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &
setting up the root user access:
I found a few times MySQL had issues with setting up the root user,
host access. This was in the past, and I've since found it seems ok,
but every now and then it bombs out. Never did figure out why. But
there is a solution to it.
if you read the docs as per installation, it talks about setting up
the new install, setting the root user password, and then allowing
the host access.
here's the root user password setup line:
bin/mysqladmin -u root password your_password
where "your_password" is the password you want.
and "password" is the actual word "password" - so many people get confused
about that. and this line:
bin/mysqladmin -u root -h `hostname` password <password>
for me, it was always the host access line that failed. but give this
a shot.
hopefully it helps a bit.
Dan.
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