Michael Widenius wrote:
> Hi!
>
> >>>>> "R" == R Talbot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> R> Monty,
> R> Took your advice and downloaded
> R> mysql-3.23.42-pc-linux-gnu-i686.tar.gz
> R> Placed it in /usr/local
> R> Renamed /usr/local/mysql to /usr/local/mysql-old
> R> unpacked with
> R> tar -zxvf mysql-3.23.42-pc-linux-gnu-i686.tar.gz
> R> which made /usr/local/mysql-3.23.42-pc-linux-gnu-i686
>
> R> I checked out the dir ( I was working as root)
> R> and I saw the owner of the dir and files is db2as !!
> R> Now db2as is the Admin User Created by the DB2 7.1 install.
> R> How did this happen??
>
> The problem is probably that your tar program doesn't use user-names
> but user-ids, in which case the files may be owned by 'anyone.
>
> R> I have used tar frequently and I have never seen this error.
> R> DB2 was installed in April.
> R> I did whoami and I was root. Tried as user same results.
> R> Tarred another non Mysql file, No problem?
> R> So, I changed all the dir and file owners to root or mysql.
> R> I changed the dir name to /usr/local/mysql.
> R> I ran /usr/local/mysql/scripts/mysql_install_db
> R> and got this error every time......
>
> R> faults: command not found
> R> Didn't find ./bin/mysqld
> R> You should do a 'make install' before executing this script
>
> What output do you get for:
>
> ldd bin/mysqld
>
> bin/mysqld --help
>
> R> I renamed the dir to long name and copied mysqld to /bin...
> R> same error message...
> R> I guess this just won't work.. :^(
>
> It 'should' work. To know why it doesn't work, we would however need
> some more information...
>
> Regards,
> Monty
Thank you for your response...
As the binary install won't start without the initdb installing
a skeleton database How can I get a MysqlBug to run..?
And there is no make for a make test...
Im without tools to give an answer..
Any suggestions??
Bob T
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