Hi, I'm having some trouble getting mysql going. I've had it on my system for a while, had a bash at it once using a long-forgotten password, and never did get it working properly. Now I'm getting the error message below.
> Aug 21 14:53:19 tux mysqld_safe[3459]: started > Aug 21 14:53:19 tux mysqld[3463]: 050821 14:53:19 /usr/sbin/mysqld: > unknown variable 'old_passwords=1' > Aug 21 14:53:19 tux mysqld[3463]: > Aug 21 14:53:19 tux mysqld_safe[3465]: ended > Aug 21 14:53:25 tux /etc/init.d/mysql[3528]: 0 processes alive and > '/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf ping' > resulted in > Aug 21 14:53:25 tux /etc/init.d/mysql[3528]: ^G/usr/bin/mysqladmin: > connect to server at 'localhost' failed > Aug 21 14:53:25 tux /etc/init.d/mysql[3528]: error: 'Can't connect to > local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)' > Aug 21 14:53:25 tux /etc/init.d/mysql[3528]: Check that mysqld is > running and that the socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists! > Aug 21 14:53:25 tux /etc/init.d/mysql[3528]: Trying to run mysql does not work, > Tux:~# mysql > ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) and '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' does not exist. > Tux:/var/run/mysqld# ls -la > total 8 > drwxr-xr-x 2 mysql root 4096 Aug 4 22:10 . > drwxr-xr-x 27 root root 4096 Aug 21 13:30 .. I'd appreciate any constructive ideas. Cheers, Adam Bogacki, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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