Steps I followed to get the mysql server running on Slackware 8.0: 1. Log in as root and set the mysql account password with the following command: passwd mysql 2. Log in as mysql and run `mysql_install_db' to set up a starting point for databases. 3. Start the mysql daemon with the following command (the trailing ampersand (&) is significant): safe_mysqld & This process seems to have started the daemon, but attempts to run programs such as `mysqladmin' produces errors having to do with shared object files. At least it gets to the next step in the process. I hope this proves helpful, and have a _great_ day! -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid Opinions herein are either mine or they are flame bait. TAN (x) = SIN (x) / COS (x)
