chris hammond wrote: > Look in /etc/init.d and see if mysqld exists. If it does, try to > start it with > /etc/init.d/mysqld start > > Until mysqld is started, mysql will not be able to talk to it. > Hi Chris, Thanks for your help. Apparently mysqld does not exist on the system. Not sure why this is. Has anyone else run into this issue? [root@helpdesk sbin]# locate mysqld /usr/share/doc/mysql-3.23.58/mysqld_error.txt /usr/share/man/man1/mysqld.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/mysqld_multi.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/mysqldump.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/safe_mysqld.1.gz /usr/bin/mysqld_multi /usr/bin/mysqldumpslow /usr/bin/mysqldump /usr/include/mysql/mysqld_error.h [root@helpdesk sbin]# /usr/bin/mysqld_multi Couldn't find the mysqld binary! Tried: /usr/libexec/mysqld Couldn't find the mysqladmin binary! Tried: /usr/bin/mysqladmin Error with an option, see mysqld_multi --help for more info! Thanks, Ed