I deleted the mysql directory from the /usr/local folder and re-install. when I tried to run the the following commadn it didn't work. I ran the command from the /usr/local/myssql ./bin.mysqladmin -u root -h cscmail.rchaland.ibm.com password 'test1test' it came with the error: ./bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'cscmail.rchland.ibm.com' failed error: 'Lost coonection to MySql server during query' What is miising? If i need to do anything with the hosts table! --- "Eduardo A. dela Rosa" <EAdelaRosa@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Dali, > > "mysql dead but subsys locked." > > Normally this would happen if you've got a previous > version of MySQL > that was installed along with your RedHat OS. Try > to uninstall it and > also find the "mysql.pid" and delete it. If you > find any mysql.pid, it > may mean that a previously running mysqld failed to > shutdown properly. > > HTH. > > -- > EDUARDO A. DELA ROSA > MCOM/2414 > http://www.smart.com.ph > > "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried > anything new." > -- Albert Einstein > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
