Re: starting mysql daemon.... help me !!!

2004-04-06 Thread Ronan Lucio
The user that mysql run as, has permission to write in the /var/run/mysql dir? Ronan > muhammad alqama wrote: > > hi > > > > **(plz someone help me urgently)** > > > > i have tried the procedure mentioned below but of no avail. > > this is the exact message in .err file > > > > "can not s

Re: starting mysql daemon.... help me !!!

2004-04-06 Thread Victor Medina
muhammad alqama wrote: hi **(plz someone help me urgently)** i have tried the procedure mentioned below but of no avail. this is the exact message in .err file "can not start server : bind on unix socket : permission denied do you have another mysql server running on socket /var/run/mysql

Re: starting mysql daemon.... help me !!!

2004-04-06 Thread Michael Stassen
As root, you start the mysql server. The first thing the server does is switch to running as the mysql user, then it tries to bind the socket. Most likely, your problem is that the mysql user does not have permission to write the socket file in /var/run/mysql. As root, run `chown mysql:mysql

Re: starting mysql daemon.... help me !!!

2004-04-06 Thread muhammad alqama
hi **(plz someone help me urgently)** i have tried the procedure mentioned below but of no avail. this is the exact message in .err file "can not start server : bind on unix socket : permission denied do you have another mysql server running on socket /var/run/mysql/mysql.sock ? /usr/lib