Corrupt mysql_config?

[Cronos]

Greetings All,

Bizarre instance of a problem that I have never had before but that I cannot resolve:
When installing PHP 5.0.3 and enabling the mysqli module the following error keeps popping up: (This is under linux redhat btw)
checking for MySQLi support... yes, shared
checking whether to enable embedded MySQLi support... no
mysql_config not found
configure: error: Please reinstall the mysql distribution
Now, I know for a fact that there is the mysql_config program out there, however when I try to run it from root it says:
: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
It's there! I can see it! I've installed PHP 5 before and never had this problem, I've tried reinstalling mysql itself and replacing mysql_config. Any ideas out there would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[tsinka]

Hi,

how does the shebang line (the first line) look like ? Make sure that it points to a valid shell executable and that the mysql_config file is executable at all.

Additionally, check if something is wrong with the /dev/null device. Is it a regular file or a device file ?

Thomas