I am trying to start mysql and get the following errors. Does anyone have an idea. I have read that mysql.sock is created when you run mysqld, but it is not in my case. TIA.
[oracle@localhost oracle]$ mysqld start
050509 10:26:45 Warning: Asked for 196608 thread stack, but got 126976
050509 10:26:45 InnoDB: Started
050509 10:26:45 mysqld: Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13)
050509 10:26:45 Fatal error: Can't open privilege tables: Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13)
050509 10:26:45 Aborting
050509 10:26:45 InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
050509 10:26:48 InnoDB: Shutdown completed
050509 10:26:48 mysqld: Shutdown Complete
[oracle@localhost oracle]$ mysql -u root -p test
Enter password:
ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
[oracle@localhost oracle]$
