Hi. Thanks! It is setup and seems to be working. -- A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up yours!" On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Ralph W. Reid wrote: > 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) > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >