UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

When I install the mysql-server in "root" it installes, Then I do a varify and it comes back with one problem. /var/log/mysqld.log and the problem is "=@". Thats is what it says is the problem "=@" with out the quots. The mysqld.log is not installing. I have changed the permission to /var/ and /log/ to 0777 just to make sure that its not a permission problem. What do you think the problem is.

What do you mean you "do a verify"? What commands are you running?

If I do a rpm -V mysql-server I get:
"missing /var/log/mysql.log"
I've reinstalled mysql-server many times and its always the same way. /var/log/mysql.log is not installing.

touch /var/log/mysqld.log

I did the touch and got mysqld.log, but now when I do a rpm I'm getting problem /var/log/mysqld.log user,group, file mode

On my box permissions are:

$ ls -l /var/log/mysqld.log
-rw-r----- 1 mysql mysql 0 Oct 28 04:02 /var/log/mysqld.log

I have many missing packages ie perl, php and other packages missing.
With mysql I am also missing /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock.
I think I have a bad instalation disk.