service mysqld start mysqld: unrecognized service vi /etc/init.d/mysqld Opens new file. Furthermore, the following commands tell me there's no package available: yum install proftp yum install vsftp yum install pureftpd Please advise. V On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Tony Molloy <tony.molloy at ul.ie> wrote: > On Thursday 05 November 2009 16:11:56 Victor Subervi wrote: > > Hi; > > It's been a while since I controlled my own server and I'm rusty. Trying > to > > install mysql > > yum install mysql > > All looks well. Here's what happens: > > > > [root at 13gems www]# mysql > > ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) > > [root at 13gems www]# mysql -u root -p > > Enter password: > > ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) > > > > There's no mysqld in the ps wax. Please advise. > > beno > > How about starting mysqld > > > service mysqld start > > chkconfig --level 35 mysqld on > > Tony > -- > > Dept. of Comp. Sci. > University of Limerick. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20091105/e0d8e3e6/attachment-0003.html>