<HTML><HEAD><META content="text/html; charset=x-user-defined" http-equiv="Content-Type"><style type="text/css"></style></HEAD><BODY>Dear All While trying to install mysql ( binary distro mysql-5.1.37.tar.gz ) on RHEL 5.2 platform, I am unable to start off the mysql daemon which throws an error message as follows: # /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql start Starting MySQL.Manager of pid-file quit without updating fi [FAILED] # /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S64mysql start Starting MySQL.Manager of pid-file quit without updating fi[FAILED] ]# mysqladmin version mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)' Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' exists! Help to debug above mentioned errors are highly regarded and appreciated. with regards s.mahalingam </BODY></HTML>