myqsl dummy needs help
Bill Davidsen
davidsen at tmr.com
Wed Feb 18 00:07:45 UTC 2009
Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Monday 16 February 2009, Mike Wright wrote:
>> locate mysql | grep '/bin/' | grep install
> /usr/bin/mysql_install_db
> /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation
>
> The secure installer asks me for my root pw then tells me to just press enter
> Enter current password for root (enter for none):
> ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through
> socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
> Enter current password for root (enter for none):
>
> So I ctl-c it and run the install_db, which gets me back to the selinux & its
> used bull food leavings.
>
> Do I need to touch /.autorelabel and reboot? With 2TB of drives I can't begin
> to describe how painful that 4 hours would be.
>
> Or go file a bug against selinux and mysql?
>
> Frustration reigns supreme here. If I have to reboot, it might just be to
> Kubuntu-8.10 or a beta of 9.4.
>
At this point, if you have VM capable hardware, I would suggest using KVM and a
virtual machine for trial runs on stuff like this. You can make a copy-on-write
image, and if it gets hosed delete it and start again. Great way to avoid the
backout process.
> Added that (selinux) list to To: Daniel, your turn, it's 18:05 here, and I've
> been screwing with this since about 18:00 yesterday. That is long enough
> IMO. This thread has a now VERY lengthy thread on the fedora list.
>
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Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
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