[Techtalk] Starting mysql server

[Anne Wainwright]

Gina, hello,
see below,

On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:01:41 +0200
Gina wrote:

|> Hi Anne,
|> 
|> On 19.10.2008 12:55 Uhr, Anne Wainwright wrote:
|> > I am running mysql 4.1
|> > 
|> > Cannot get the server mysqld to run which I trace down to a missing /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
|> > There is no copy anywhere on the installation (just upgraded).
|> > Maybe this is by design?
|> > 
|> > Any suggestions please
|> 
|> Just a quick shot (since I'm everything but a mysql expert) - FWIK
|> mysql.sock gets created when you start mysql(d). Does the directory
|> /var/run/mysqld exist so the socket can be created?

That's a point, whenever I looked previously it was there, but then maybe mysqld was running at that point in time.

I never knew that it was created on running the daemon. Now I know and can focus elsewhere.

Thanks
Anne

|> 
|> Cheers,
|> 
|> Gina


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