Re: Can't start MYSQL on Linux

2001-08-08 Thread Ling Wang

I got it. Thank you very very much for the help.
Ling

From: Trond Eivind Glomsrød [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Ling Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Can't start MYSQL on Linux
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 23:03:41 -0400 (EDT)

 On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Ling Wang wrote:

  I have to login as root user to do mysql_install_db and safe_mysqld .
  Otherwise I will get permission denied message.

You already made those files, and they're owned by root. You can't
overwrite them that way.

Just do a chown before you start the database.

  How come when I type service mysqld start, Linux says command not found? 
I
  could not find the command chkconfig either.

Both are not path of a user's path[1] - they're admin tools, and are for
the use of root. Root can also control which services start with tksysv
and ntsysv.

[1] They're in /sbin, for the curious.
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Re: Can't start MYSQL on Linux

2001-08-07 Thread Ling Wang

I have to login as root user to do mysql_install_db and safe_mysqld .
Otherwise I will get permission denied message.

How come when I type service mysqld start, Linux says command not found? I 
could not find the command chkconfig either.

Your idea does not work for me.

Thanks anyhow.

Ling




From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trond Eivind Glomsrød)
To: Ling Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Can't start MYSQL on Linux
Date: 07 Aug 2001 00:13:51 -0400

Ling Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

  I have a fresh installed Linux 7.1 from Redhat. The mysal 3.23.36 was
  installed together with the Redhat Linux. I can not start the mysql
  server by executing /usr/bin/safe_mysqld .

You're not supposed to. To start mysql, as any service, do

service mysqld start

(which is equivalent to running the initscript like this
/etc/init.d/mysqld start). This will automatically initialize the
database the first time it runs. To make it start when your system
starts, do

chkconfig mysqld on

What you've done (and too many others, where do they get this idea?)
is that you've created the database files as root. Then you start the
database, which will run as mysql. This user can obviously not write
to root's files. Change the ownership manually, and try again - with
service mysqld start.

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Re: Can't start MYSQL on Linux

2001-08-07 Thread Ling Wang

Yes, that's it. It worked!!!
Thank you so much. Can I ask why?

Ling


From: Gerald Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Can't start MYSQL on Linux
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 10:29:21 -0500

chown -R mysql /var/lib/mysql

Ling Wang wrote:

I have a fresh installed Linux 7.1 from Redhat. The mysal 3.23.36 was
installed together with the Redhat Linux. I can not start the mysql
server by executing /usr/bin/safe_mysqld . It always ends immediately.
When I look at the /var/log/mysql.log, the message says:

mysql started
/usr/libexec/mysql: Can't find file './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13)
mysql ended


I tried start safe_mysqld from many directories and without any success.
Can anyone please help me out?

Thanks.

Ling Wang

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Can't start MYSQL on Linux

2001-08-06 Thread Ling Wang

I have a fresh installed Linux 7.1 from Redhat. The mysal 3.23.36 was 
installed together with the Redhat Linux. I can not start the mysql server 
by executing /usr/bin/safe_mysqld . It always ends immediately. When I look 
at the /var/log/mysql.log, the message says:

mysql started
/usr/libexec/mysql: Can't find file './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13)
mysql ended


I tried start safe_mysqld from many directories and without any success. Can 
anyone please help me out?

Thanks.

Ling Wang

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