Re: Newbie Install Questions: RH Linux 7.1

[Bruce Feist]

Egor Egorov wrote:

>On Wednesday 05 March 2003 19:34, Bruce Feist wrote:
>
>>I'm having trouble getting MySQL running on a RedHat Linux 7.1 machine.
>> The log file complains that "host.MYD" is missing; I don't see mention
>>of this file in the documentation, and it's not on my computer anywhere.
>>    
>>
>Did you run mysql_install_db script?
>
Yes.

>> Also, the mysql.sock file is not present, and I don't know how to
>>create it -- I assume it'll take more than a 'touch'!
>>    
>>
>mysql.sock is created when MySQL server is started.
>
OK, thanks.

Anyway, the problem is now fixed, thanks mostly to the help of Dave
Christensen.  There were two things wrong: my.cnf was pointing to an
incorrect data directory, and the group and owner of all of my data
files was root instead of mysql.   I have no idea of why, which is
troubling.  In any case, things seem to be working better now.  At
least, the server isn't crashing; that's a start!

Bruce