<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>It appears that mysqld is not running. have you installed the server and clients both ? </DIV> <DIV>two possibilities: 1) either the selinux policy OR permissions issue.</DIV> <DIV>-Raj<BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 9/1/09, Mahalingam Subramaniam <I><smal@ccmb.res.in></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Mahalingam Subramaniam <smal@ccmb.res.in><BR>Subject: [rhn-users] start up issue with mysql daemon<BR>To: redhat-sysadmin-list@redhat.com<BR>Cc: rhn-users@redhat.com<BR>Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 1:01 AM<BR><BR> <DIV id=yiv154358716> <STYLE type=text/css></STYLE> Dear All<BR><BR>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:<BR><BR># /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql start<BR>Starting MySQL.Manager of pid-file quit without updating fi [FAILED]<BR><BR># /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S64mysql start<BR>Starting MySQL.Manager of pid-file quit without updating fi[FAILED]<BR><BR>]# mysqladmin version<BR>mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed<BR>error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)'<BR>Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' exists!<BR><BR>Help to debug above mentioned errors are highly regarded and appreciated. <BR><BR>with regards<BR>s.mahalingam<BR><BR><BR></DIV><BR>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<BR><BR> <DIV class=plainMail>_______________________________________________<BR>rhn-users mailing list<BR><A href="http://us.mc578.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rhn-users@redhat.com" ymailto="mailto:rhn-users@redhat.com">rhn-users@redhat.com</A><BR><A href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users" target=_blank>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users</A></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>