chown: 'mysql': invalid user

To summarize: I was getting a cannot connect through socket... error. It would appear that the server is not running and the socket doesn't exist. So I tried to start the server (as root) using safe-mysqld and mysql.server start, but in either case I recieve the message: chown: 'mysql

Re: chown: 'mysql': invalid user

the server (as root) using safe-mysqld and mysql.server start, but in either case I recieve the message: chown: 'mysql': invalid user Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql 020711 13:18:45 mysqld ended Any suggestions? Keep in mind I'm not an expert with UNIX so it could

RE: chown: 'mysql': invalid user

: Thursday, July 11, 2002 1:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: chown: 'mysql': invalid user To summarize: I was getting a cannot connect through socket... error. It would appear that the server is not running and the socket doesn't exist. So I tried to start the server (as root) using