That's exactly what I had to do as well. I wouldn't even start in
rc.local unless I put in exactly what is shown below.
Ed
On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Todd O'Bryan wrote:
> Do what it says:
>
> cd /usr/local/mysql
> ./bin/mysqld_safe
>
> and see if that's any better.
>
> Todd
>
> On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 05:18 PM, Song.Xu@stripped wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I got the following message when trying to start the mysql instance:
> > ------------
> > $ mysqld_safe &
> > [1] 22717
> > $ The file /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld doesn't exist or is not
> > executable
> > Please do a cd to the mysql installation directory and restart
> > this script from there as follows:
> > ./bin/mysqld_safe.
> > -----------
> >
> > Can anyone help me to resolve this? It is emergency.
> >
> > Regards,
> > song
> >
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