Hello
I am new to servers, MySQL, ASP, PHP, CGI, UNIX, Telnet, etc, etc. I wanted to add "PostNuke" to my website. So, I downloaded it and began reading the documentation. In there, I read that I would need ASP, PHPmyadmin and mySQL on my server. I contacted my ISP to ask if I had these. Well, I have ASP (ChilisoftASP), but did not have mySQL. I had to install it myself. So, I downloaded the correct mySQL .pkg for my server (Cobalt RAQ4). All I had to do to install it was to log into my "control panle", and then click the add new pkg button (pointing to the mysql .pkg file I downloaded).
After installing the pkg, I began reading the documentation for mySQL. My problem here is that the documentation does not really cater to my installation method. So, I do not know which of the steps were done by the control panel, and which steps I still have to complete. I skipped ahead to the "post installation" section. There it shows me the following basic steps:
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Normally you install the grant tables and start the server like this for installation from a source distribution:
shell> ./scripts/mysql_install_db
shell> cd mysql_installation_directory
shell> ./bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql &
For a binary distribution (not RPM or pkg packages), do this:
shell> cd mysql_installation_directory
shell> ./bin/mysql_install_db
shell> ./bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql &
This creates the mysql database which will hold all database privileges, the test database which you can use to test MySQL, and also privilege entries for the user that run mysql_install_db and a root user (without any passwords). This also starts the mysqld server.
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I do not know UNIX or TELNET. I do know how to telnet into my server, but I am very limited in what I know how to do after that point. Anyway, I am not understanding the "shell> ./scripts/mysql_install_db" part. When I telnet in, I am within the web root directory (I am a couple directories in). I type in the line and get a "No such File or Directory" message in return. I tried the line both with and without the "shell>" part.
What do I need to do? I can type "cd .." a few times, leaving the web root, but each time I type it and retry the "shell>" line, I get the same error.
I do have complete control over the server. It is my server, and not shared, or virtual.
Please help
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hey
frankly, it sounds like you are in over your head. this being said, you probably should begin at the beginning.... RTFM. You may want to look into a forum specific to MySQL, and MySQL Installation. You can access the MySQL Mailing list archives at http://lists.mysql.com/ but i don't know how much help thsi will be.
If this is time critical, you may end up paying someone to help you with this.
c.w.collins
If this is time critical, you may end up paying someone to help you with this.
c.w.collins