> You did not follow the instructions carefully enough.
>
> Changing directory to /etc/init.d and running "mysql" is not the same as
> running "mysql" because the "current directory" is not in
> root's path. So you have run /usr/bin/mysql instead of /etc/init.d/mysql
>
> If you want to run something in the current directory, be explicit about it:
>
> # ./mysql start
>
> This stops the search of directories in your path and runs the file from
> the current directory (".").
>
> Paul.
Thankyou I have learnt something of linux here.
But when I looked in /etc/init.d/ the file 'mysql' does not exist,
although I found the file 'mysql' which I then started and then went
to check the services:
[root@spr1-derb3-3-0-cust203 ~]# /etc/init.d/mysqld start
Initializing MySQL database: [ OK ]
Starting MySQL: [ OK ]
[root@spr1-derb3-3-0-cust203 ~]# chkconfig --list
....
mysqld 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
....
Is it correct that the service reports all OFF?
