I had similar problems before with mysql on my Redhat 8 machine turned out the mysql server on the redhat machine was busted reinstall of mysql fixed it I think..
Check the archives my original posts should be in there from 3-4 months ago. Best regards, Eje Gustafsson mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The Family Entertainment Network http://www.fament.com Phone : 620-231-7777 Fax : 620-231-4066 - Your Full Time Professionals - Mikrotik OEM dealer - Online Store http://www.fament.com/catalog/ -- dgd> hi Herbert, dgd> i tried it with --socket but then it tells me: dgd> mysqld: File '/var/log/mysql/mysql.log' not found (Errcode: 13) dgd> 030203 5:20:08 Could not use /var/log/mysql/mysql.log for logging (error dgd> 13) dgd> 030203 5:20:08 mysqld: Can't create/write to file dgd> '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid' (Errcode: 13) dgd> 030203 5:20:08 mysqld: Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13) dgd> 030203 5:20:08 mysqld: Error on delete of '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid' dgd> (Errcode: 2) dgd> all this files exist. And they are accessible by the user ( also tried with dgd> root ) dgd> With CAPS i mean the vserver specific CAPS in vserver config files. dgd> But normaly mysql is workable on vserver kernel 2.4.21 with ctx 17 and dgd> vquota patch or ? dgd> Greetings dgd> Oliver dgd> -----Original Message----- dgd> From: Herbert Poetzl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] dgd> Sent: Sonntag, 6. Juli 2003 21:40 dgd> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] dgd> Subject: Re: [vserver] mysql startup error dgd> On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 07:36:39PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> hi, dgd> Hi Oliver! >> 030203 2:57:23 Can't start server : Bind on unix socket: Permission dgd> denied >> 030203 2:57:23 Do you already have another mysqld server running on >> socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock ? >> 030203 2:57:23 Aborting >> >> 030203 2:57:23 mysqld: Shutdown Complete >> >> i`m using bind-address directive in my.cnf on Debian 3.0R1 >> >> mysqld Ver 3.23.49 for pc-linux-gnu on i686 >> >> >> How to solve this ? dgd> probably it is what mysql tries to tell you dgd> 'Bind on unix socket: Permission denied' dgd> try to start it in the following way (just for a test) dgd> # su - mysql (or whatever user mysql is run as) dgd> # /path/to/mysqld --socket=/tmp/x dgd> if it reports something about cannot bind to port dgd> then there is another mysql daemon (or something at dgd> its port) running, if it works, check the path to dgd> /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock as this user ... >> I think it`s anything with the CAPS but i haven`t found any list of >> available CAPS dgd> /usr/include/linux/capability.h dgd> HTH, dgd> Herbert >> Greetings >> >> Oliver >> -- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]
