-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Bob, It almost looks like ibdata1 and it's companion files were 'restored' to your system from an archive created where a group called "daemon" existed. The existence of these directories owned by a different group may have bent the installation. You can try adjusting the ownership amd group settings to match my setup. If this doesn't work, the changes can be reversed. - --> in /var/lib: chgrp mysql mysql - --> in /var/lib/mysql: chgrp mysql ib_arch_log_0000000000 chgrp mysql ibdata1 chgrp mysql ib_logfile0 chgrp mysql ib_logfile1 chgrp mysql mysql chgrp mysql mysqld.log chgrp mysql test - --> in /var/lib/mysql/mysql: chown mysql *.frm chown mysql *.MYI chown mysql *.MYD - -and- chgrp mysql *.frm chgrp mysql *.MYI chgrp mysql *.MYD - -then- cd /var/lib/mysql rcmysql start rcmysql status (verify "running") - -then- mysqladmin -u root password "new password" (no quotes; create password) mysqladmin -u root -h linux* password "new password" (ditto) - --> *substitute the machine's correct host name if it isn't "linux" - -then verify with- mysqladmin -u root -h linux* -p extended-status - --> *substitute the machine's correct host name if it isn't "linux" /Please/ tell me it prompted you for the password this time and then displayed the report? Good luck and I've got my fingers crossed! - - Carl - -- ____________________________________________________________________ C. E. Hartung Business Development & Support Services http://www.cehartung.com/ carlh@cehartung.com Dover Foxcroft, Maine, USA Public Key #0x68396713 Reg. Linux User #350527 http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCFVreusxgymg5ZxMRAuL6AJ9ZIg+Bmg4bIYWZbXRH1+aMB74iEgCeKyk8 ZhzLYnkCUdMCPRBN4NPuJsw= =1TlM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----