Re: mysql problem

I think you're a bit confused, you don't login with that command. Before running it again check ps -aux | grep mysql...to see if mysql is acutally started. if you need to re-run then use -> 'safe_mysqld --user=mysql &' - The & will spawn the process in the background. then you can log in with /path/to/mysql/bin/mysql -u user -p enter password at prompt Then you should see ... mysql> hth jeff I am completely new to php. I have installed php on redhat linux 9 by rpm package. I have also installed mysql with php4 which comes with redhat linux 9. php is running fine on linux with apache server. But there is one problem with mysql. Whenever I try to login with safe_start it starts and ends at the same time. So no mysql prompt appears. Pls help Regards, Javed Shaikh