here are the results... [root@lserver2 /]# ls -l /usr/kerberos/sbin/mysql /usr/kerberos/bin/mysql /usr/local/sbin/mysql /usr/local/bin/mysql /sbin/mysql /bin/mysql /usr/sbin/mysql /usr/bin/mysql ls: /usr/kerberos/sbin/mysql: No such file or directory ls: /usr/kerberos/bin/mysql: No such file or directory ls: /usr/local/sbin/mysql: No such file or directory ls: /usr/local/bin/mysql: No such file or directory ls: /sbin/mysql: No such file or directory ls: /bin/mysql: No such file or directory ls: /usr/sbin/mysql: No such file or directory -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 54352 Oct 12 12:44 /usr/bin/mysql [root@lserver2 /]# alias alias cp='cp -i' alias l.='ls -d .* --color=tty' alias ll='ls -l --color=tty' alias ls='ls --color=tty' alias mv='mv -i' alias rm='rm -i' alias vi='vim' alias which='alias | /usr/bin/which --tty-only --read-alias --show-dot --show-tilde' [root@lserver2 /]# mysql -bash: /usr/local/bin/mysql: No such file or directory as you can see, it appears that '/usr/bin/mysql' should be picked up... when i do 'which mysql' it points to the '/usr/bin/mysql' when i run 'mysql' the system tries to go to the '/usr/local/bin/mysql' ideas/suggestions... i could even let you into the system if you thought it would help!! -bruce
