probs in starting mysql

ankscorek · 07-16-2005, 10:55 PM

i tried to start mysql server using the foll...

# cd /etc
# cp my-medium.cnf my.cnf
# cp /usr/share/mysql/mysql.server /etc/rc.d/rc.mysql
# su - mysql

$ /usr/bin/mysql_install_db
$ ls -al /var/lib/mysql/
$ /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password 'new-password'
Enter password:
when i do this i get a warning
ignoring worl writable my.cnf file

finally i do this

# /etc/rc.d/rc.mysql start

i get an error that check /var/run/mysql/mysql.sock exists

what is going wrong?

stefan_nicolau · 07-17-2005, 02:57 AM

remove the world write permission on my.cnf, otherwise, as the message states, MySQL will ignore it.

ankscorek · 07-17-2005, 12:07 PM

stefan_nicolau · 07-17-2005, 05:38 PM

Read the chmod man page...

chmod o-w my.cnf