does everybody on this list that wants to run mysql have it up and going yet? If not and your distribution came with it installed it may be because the package is incomplete or broken. To get around that, first remove the package and go and get the rpm binaries from www.mysql.com. Install all of the rpm's then as root type mysqladmin --version and also type mysqladmin --help | less and take note of the variable settings in the last part of the display. If you don't get a version and a help display of a few screens something didn't work right on install. Otherwise, type mysqladmin password <new_password> and that sets an access password for mysql. Next, try mysql -p <cr> and see if you get prompted for a password, if yes key in that password you selected. You should if all worked well get the mysql monitor up. If that happens and you're left at an <mysql> prompt, you're functional. You'll probably need to do rpm -ivh *.rpm --nodeps <cr> to install all of the rpm's. If you can, also pick up manual-split.tar.gz from the mysql page since that's got a version of the mysql manual split into files you can read with a web browser out of the box and maybe other utilities too. at the <mysql> prompt if you type connect mysql; you've just hooked up with where mysql stores all of its information for all other databases and tables in the system. If you got to that point, you want to read the tutorial web page in the manual subdirectory and work along with it. After that, welcome to mysql! _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list