perumal, Wednesday, October 16, 2002, 1:07:14 PM, you wrote: p> I have installed mysql-max-3.23.51.tar file on linux machine. p> I gave all options which they have given in the INSTALL BINARY file. p> such as
p> shell> groupadd mysql p> shell> useradd -g mysql mysql p> shell> cd /usr/local p> shell> gunzip < /path/to/mysql-VERSION-OS.tar.gz | tar xvf - p> shell> ln -s mysql-VERSION-OS mysql p> shell> cd mysql p> shell> scripts/mysql_install_db p> shell> chown -R root /usr/local/mysql p> shell> chown -R mysql /usr/local/mysql/data p> shell> chgrp -R mysql /usr/local/mysql p> shell> chown -R root /usr/local/mysql/bin p> shell> bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql & p> When enter the last statement like :" ./bin/mysqladmin -u root -p p> password 'solutions' p> Enter password:solutions" I getting error like.. p> ./bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password 'solutions' p> Enter password: p> ./bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed p> error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket p> '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)' p> Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' p> exists! If MySQL server is running (check it with: ps ax | grep mysqld), find where mysql.sock is located. mysqladmin ... --socket=/path/to/the/socket/file ... -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ma02-010c This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php