So it turns out that the RPM install didn't work nor did the binary version
but by rebuilding the source with a
configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql --- Well, that worked in the end. I
still don't know why but there it is. :)
Just thought I'd post my experience.
Cheers
-Original Message--
Thanks Rory,
I did go through (as per the manual)and set the permissions
shell> groupadd mysql
shell> useradd -g mysql mysql
shell> cd /usr/local
shell> gunzip < /path/to/mysql-VERSION-OS.tar.gz | tar xvf -
shell> ln -s full-path-to-mysql-VERSION-OS mysql
shell> cd mysql
shell> scripts/mysql_ins
