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--
Cam
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> -----Original Message-
> From: Rory McKinley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: July 28, 2004 11:55 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Cam
> Subject: Re: mysql_safe just ends
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> Cam wrote:
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> >So I'm a little confused here
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ns. i.e. 'mysql' owns the data
directory. Checking the 'bin' directory, all the files are group 'mysql' and
all have 'rx' for group. This seems to make sense to me.
Cheers
Cam
-Original Message-
From: Rory McKinley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: J
Cam wrote:
So I'm a little confused here
I've installed mysql-standard-4.0.20-pc-linux-i686.tar to
/usr/local/mysql and then ran the scripts/mysql_install_db with
seemingly no errors.
After reading section 5.1 'the MySQL Server and Server Startup Scripts'
I figured that
cd /usr/local/mysql
bin/my
