Need help with my sql..
 

i can't seem to get it started or even find the directory. when i do a search this is what i get for my sql..

/usr/bin/mysql

/usr/lib/mysql

/usr/include/mysql

I get all these when i do a seach.. What do they mean?

Also how do i get mysql running???

If you have mysql installed correctly you can start it by doing:

/etc/init.d/mysqld start

Remember there is a mysql server and mysql client package.

If you don't have the init script then there is a script that comes with MySQL for starting the server. It should be in /usr/bin according to what you stated above. It's called safe_mysqld and you can run it like this:

/usr/bin/safe_mysqld&

be sure to add the '&' or your console will be tied up.

i did "/ect/int.d/mysqld start" and it said there was no such file or directory.

Then i did "/usr/bin/safe_mysqld&" and it said [1] 1138 then after that it said "bash: /usr/bin/safe_mysqld:" no file or directory

I am totally confused about this. i can't seem to get it started

anymore help please???

It seems as though you don't have MySQL installed. If you are running RedHat 8.0 go to System Settings->Packages . You can install all the necessary packages for MySQL from there.

i did have it installed but i took it out.

anyway i did "/usr/bin/safe_mysqld&"

This is what i got:

[1]

starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql

mysqld ended.

is it suppose to end?

oops i meant to say i took it out but i reinstalled it and i got those things from previous post.

i just did ps -ax and at the end of it i got:

[1]+ Done /usr/bin/safe_mysqld

then i did ps -ax again and nothing came up.

any help?

sorry for posting so many times but this is getting to me.

This might be becuase the user you are trying to run mysql as is not authorized. Create a user 'mysql' with group 'mysql' and try:
/usr/bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql&

how would i give access to this user?