Ken Abe writes:
> I am a student at NYU trying to install mysql on our department > machines. The fact > that I do not have root priviledges is probably part of the issue, but I > followed > the instructions regarding installation as a normal user. A bit further down I see that you're installing in /usr/local/mysql. Just to make sure: This directory exists and you have write access there, right? :-) > When running the installation script "mysql_install_db", everything seems > fine. > But when I try lauching the daemon with "safe_mysqld" is ends immediately. > It could be due to the fact that I don't see a "mysql.sock" file in my > /tmp > directory, but I don't know how to create a socket. I guess you haven't read the FAQ yet. I can't blame you, as it's not easy to find unless you know that exists (in which case it's trivial to find). Anyway, mysql.sock is created by mysqld, and it's removed when the program exits. I suggest that you read the log file to find out what's going wrong. It should be in the data dir, and if it's not there the only explanation I can think of is that you don't have write access to the data dir, but since mysql_install_db worked, that shouldn't be the case. BTW, I've installed mysql at work w/o being root, and I didn't have any problems aside from having to add the location of the client shared lib to LD_LIBRARY_PATH for clients to work. //C - cursing because he forgot to change the to: address before hitting 'send' -- Carl Troein - Círdan / Istari-PixelMagic - UIN 16353280 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://pixelmagic.dyndns.org/~cirdan/ Amiga user since '89, and damned proud of it too. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
