[techtalk] mysql install on RH 6.1

2000-10-11 Thread Erb, Maria
Hi all, I installed a mysql tarball on RH 6.1 and tried to connect to the mysql server but got a "can't connect to mysql server through socket /tmp/mysql.sock" . If I install mysql with the rpm files and try to connect to the server I get a "can't connect to mysql server through socket /var/lib

Re: [techtalk] mysql install on RH 6.1

2000-10-11 Thread Mandi
the mysql.sock files are created when the mysql server is started. The daemon usually ends up in /usr/local/bin, and it's name is safe_mysqld. If it gets stuck, or the .sock file gets deleted, just kill the process and start it again. On RH 6.1 with RPMS, I ran into the issue that i had to creat

Re: [techtalk] su and PATH?

2000-10-11 Thread Olivier Tharan
Le 11 octobre 2000, Brian Sweeney écrivait : > Quick questions that's been bugging me for some time...if I telnet to a > machine as a normal user and SU as root, I don't gain any of the root user's > standard PATH. So when I try to execute programs I have to specify > /usr/sbin, or /usr/bin, or w

[techtalk] su and PATH?

2000-10-11 Thread Brian Sweeney
Hey all- Quick questions that's been bugging me for some time...if I telnet to a machine as a normal user and SU as root, I don't gain any of the root user's standard PATH. So when I try to execute programs I have to specify /usr/sbin, or /usr/bin, or whatever. I'm using bash. I know this is o

Re: [techtalk] StarOffice:It rings me

2000-10-11 Thread Telsa Gwynne
On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 11:40:26AM +0800 or thereabouts, antonxie wrote: > Well techtalkers... > > I've installed Staroffice 5.2 too on a separate partition u01. > I'm complete newbee...not bumblebee nor gonnabe... :) > I have it installed on /u01/staroffice52/ > To run the program, I have to

[techtalk] .tv = .lame

2000-10-11 Thread alissa bader
turns out you have to be a registered user to get any whois information (for a .tv domain name) does anyone else find this the lamest thing ever? turns out their advisory board is headed by people associated with movie studios and stuff, damned commercial crap. I really hate the web and what it

Re: [techtalk] Partitioning advice (was Disk utilities under Linux)

2000-10-11 Thread Conor Daly
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 10:35:00AM -0400 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, Caitlyn M. Martin thought: > HI, > > > > > Does /home never need updating? > > Only when you update your data. Think of it this way: if you're running > Windows, you could create a shared directory called \home, right?

Re: [techtalk] su and PATH?

2000-10-11 Thread Elaine Poulsen
when you su use su - root or su -l root to take on roots environment. Brian Sweeney wrote: > > Hey all- > > Quick questions that's been bugging me for some time...if I telnet to a > machine as a normal user and SU as root, I don't gain any of the root user's > standard PATH. So when I try to e

Re: [techtalk] .tv = .lame

2000-10-11 Thread curious
decss.tv anyone :) /"\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign [EMAIL PROTECTED] X - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail http://www.curious.org/ / \ - NO Word docs in e-mail"This quote is false." -anon On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, alissa bader w

Re: [techtalk] Partitioning advice (was Disk utilities under Linux)

2000-10-11 Thread Conor Daly
On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 01:37:09PM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, Conor Daly thought: > On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 10:35:00AM -0400 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, > Caitlyn M. Martin thought: > > HI, > > > > > > > > Does /home never need updating? > > > > Only when you update your data