> Is mysql-server installed and running? Yeah, it is: [root at localhost nagios]# ps -ef | grep mysql root 25630 1 0 16:22 pts/1 00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid mysql 25692 25630 0 16:22 pts/1 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid --skip-external-locking --socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock root 25800 9962 0 16:32 pts/1 00:00:00 grep mysql [root at localhost nagios]#