well the problem was olved when i used the follwoing command
scripts/mysql_install_db --user=root
bin/mysqld_safe --user=root
Gues by default it was not creating the mysql user. Now on prompt mysql is
running fine...
But...
As I am trying to port my MySQL code on HP-UX, and am unable to link my
Hi,
Nishant Gupta wrote:
[/usr/local/mysql-5.1.12-beta-hpux11.11-hppa2.0w]scripts/mysql_install_db
--user=mysql
chown: unknown user id mysql
Installing all prepared tables
061212 19:39:30 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't change to run as user
'mysql' ;
Please check that the user exists!
Did you do
Look at the bin folder of the musql installation.
Who is the owner of the folder and its files?
Are you starting mysqld as root or as a super user?
Does your Linux user id have group rights to user mysqld or other mysql
software?
These are just a few FYI questions.
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