mysql host.frm

xushi · 04-09-2005, 02:51 AM

I'm trying to write a step by step tutorial for myself on how to set up mysql, because i still get problems sometime,

I've got everything sorted so far, except for one problem...

i'm using the mysql package from linuxpackages.net, i prefer it over installing from source. Please bare with me over this issue.

i've installed a new database with
mysql_installdb

and when i try to start mysql, i notice i have an error in its log

/var/lib/mysql/xushi.err

Code:

InnoDB: Last MySQL binlog file position 0 79, file name ./xushi-bin.000002
050409  8:43:03  InnoDB: Flushing modified pages from the buffer pool...
050409  8:43:03  InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 43710
050409  8:43:03 [ERROR] /usr/libexec/mysqld: Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13)
050409  8:43:03 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open privilege tables: Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13)

I'm not sure why its searching in ./mysql/, but if i locate host.frm, i can find it in
/var/lib/mysql/mysql/host.frm

Am i missing anything? i've set up /etc/my.cnf but there's nothing that talks about /var/lib/mysql/

xushi · 04-09-2005, 03:04 AM

hmm...

apparently i reinstalled the database from the mysql user, and i think that did the trick.. confusing, i don't know why though..

chown -R mysql.mysql /var/lib/mysql
su - mysql
mysql_install_db
/etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld start
exit

xushi · 04-09-2005, 03:19 AM

I hope this helps anyone. It did me (finally)

download from linuxpackages.net
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Code:

wget http://ftp.scarlet.be/pub/linuxpacka...-i486-2mjg.tgz

install
============

Code:

installpkg mysql-4.1.11-i486-2mjg.tgz

create a group called mysql
============

Code:

groupadd mysql

create user mysql (if you don't have him.. to see if you do, type su - mysql. If it says "Unknown id: mysql" then you don't have that user.
============

Code:

useradd -g mysql mysql

give user mysql access
============

Code:

chown -R mysql.mysql /var/lib/mysql

install a database from user mysql
============

Code:

su - mysql
mysql_installdb
exit

create a my.cnf file
============

Code:

cp /etc/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf

keep the socket in /var/run/mysql/, its more secure than /tmp.
don't modify anything else

start mysql
============

Code:

chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld
su - mysql
/etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld start
exit

set a password for mysql root user
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Code:

/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password'

From this point onwards, i prefer to use mysqlcc to set mysql up..
download it from
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/other/mysqlcc.html

unpack it
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Code:

tar xvfz mysqlcc-0.9.4-linux-glibc23tar.gz

run it
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Code:

cd mysqlcc-0.9.4-linux-glib23/
./mysqlcc

file > new
name: mylocalmysql
hostname: localhost
user: root
password: **********
socket file: /var/run/mysql/mysql.sock

click on test, it should be successful

Chutney · 04-22-2005, 07:05 AM

I just spent a good hour getting mysql going under fedora core 3, so I thought I'd post this procedure to save ppl trouble.

1. Have mysql already installed from the FC3 installation CDs.
2. as root, type at shell:
sh mysql_install_db
3. as root, type at shell:
chown -R mysql.mysql /var/lib/mysql

That's basically all I had to do to set it up. To run the mysql daemon, as root type at shell:
safe_mysqld

mtbiker-s · 05-18-2005, 04:55 PM

Thanks for posting this up it really helped me out. I was racking my noggin for a while trying to get this config going.

bm1 · 05-19-2005, 04:42 AM

http://www-dse.doc.ic.ac.uk/Local/mysql/manual.html

from the above website
If you don't set up the grant tables, the following error will appear in the log file when you start the server: mysqld: Can't find file: 'host.frm'

xushi · 05-19-2005, 08:54 AM

Thanks bm1

I already solved the problem a couple of weeks back, but that link is useful for refreshing my memory again about the problem.

Thanks again.

EDIT:
For anyone else who'se wondering, I still maintain the tutorial, but in another thread, along with Apache and PHP.

Search for "Slackware Guide for AMP - Apache Mysql PHP", or have a direct link to my site's one
http://xushi.co.uk/guides/amp.php