UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have reviewed that page you linked and I think that I see the problem. The shell has a prompt to tell you to type something. The prompt is programmable and can be almost anything. It looks like your prompt might be "thomas-computer:~ root# ". There is no way that the author of that page could have predicted that. Now, in this line:
shell> kill `cat /mysql-data-directory/host_name.pid`
The "shell> " represents your shell's prompt. It is not something that you are supposed to type.

OK Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try and update tomorrow.

No luck. I tried:

Code:

mysqld_safe --init-file=~/mysql-init &

and got back

Code:

-sh: mysqld_safe: command not found

I then tried

Code:

> mysqld_safe --init-file=~/mysql-init &

and got back

Code:

[1] 367
[1]+  Done(127)             --init-file=~/mysql-init >mysqld_safe

I ran both of these with the MySQL server off, as the instructions said. I am growing very frustrated! I still get "access denied" as root user in MySQL.

> mysqld_safe --init-file=~/mysql-init &

Ack! That is very dangerous. It has the same effect as:
cp /dev/null mysqld_safe

Assuming that you did not clobber your program, you need to figure out where mysqld_safe actually is. Then use the absolute path:
/this/that/the_other/mysqld_safe

Note that even if you have a directory called /this/that/the_other/ I am not implying that your mysqld_safe resides there. You need to replace /this/that/the_other/ with the correct directory.

Dear all,

I have a bit of knowledge in DOS, and can ftp and telnet from the DOS promt to my university account. Now what I want to know is:

1. By doing this, am I already using UNIX

2. Does anyone know where I can get some sort of download on Unix. e.g the OS and material just to help more on UNIX.

thanks

1. yes, if your university account is on a unix box.
2. Try cygwin - Free. It runs linux under windows - google for download cygwin. It comes with man pages and a tool called info for more extended help