Hi Alex

Thanks for the reply.

That's the problem - these commands appear not to work.

Mysql is running - see below:

ps aux (snipit of services)

root 24440 0.0 1.4 1668 812 pts/0 S 19:52 0:00 sh /usr/bin/safe_
mysql 24457 0.0 2.0 10768 1132 pts/0 SN 19:52 0:00 /usr/sbin/mysqld
mysql 24459 0.0 2.0 10768 1132 pts/0 SN 19:52 0:00 /usr/sbin/mysqld
mysql 24460 0.0 2.0 10768 1132 pts/0 SN 19:52 0:00 /usr/sbin/mysqld

The only command I have found that works is
/usr/share/mysql/mysql.server stop

or

/usr/share/mysql/mysql.server start

then I get:

starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql

So am I missing the point - why do the commands everyone else says and the docs says should work appear not to.

If I type the commands suggested I get no such file/directory or command - that's why I wondered whether I was typing these commands in the correct directory of if I needed to set the path to mysql.

If I type mysqladmin create links
(I get command not found) what directory should I run this from then?

mysql mysql
(command not found)

I know this is nothing to do with Gossamer (i.e mysql), anyone got any ideas?

I'm stuck.

Cheers

Tony