On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 11:32 -0400, Tim Holmes wrote: > Good morning folks -- Excuse the newbie question please, I am tired of > banging my head on a wall here! > > I am trying to configure a mysql server to use data on a physically > separate server, where the data directory is shared over an NFS link > Using NFS for this is not a good approach. Let the mysql server on the remote machine handle the database, and have your clients/applications connect to the remote DB server. The approach you are using is a recipe for corrupted data. > Every time I try to start the MySQL server, I get an error that says: > > 050713 11:00:09 mysqld started > 050713 11:00:09 [Warning] Asked for 196608 thread stack, but got 126976 > 050713 11:00:09 [ERROR] Can't start server: Bind on TCP/IP port: Address > already in use > 050713 11:00:09 [ERROR] Do you already have another mysqld server > running on port: 3306 ? > 050713 11:00:09 [ERROR] Aborting > > 050713 11:00:09 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete > > 050713 11:00:09 mysqld ended > > I am trying to figure out how to tell if something is blocking or > occupying the default MySQL port > > I do not have telnet installed, so the trick of > > telnet srvfs-01:3306 will not work > > I need to find out whats going on and blocking this port, as well, in a > broader sense, I need to begin to develop some network troubleshooting > tools for Linux, If someone can point me to the appropriate references > etc, I would be most grateful > > Thanks > > TIM > > > Timothy A. Holmes > > IT Manager / Webmaster / Science Teacher > > Medina Christian Academy > A Higher Standard... > > Jeremiah 33:3 > Jeremiah 29:11 > Esther 4:14 > > >