Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Table 'mysql.host' doesn't exist

Question

I am on a server that has afresh install on RHEL 5. I was able to install Apache and PHP just fine., but I am having serious trouble with my MySQL installation. I tried t

Answer 1

1. Uninstall mysql using yum remove mysql*

2. Recursively delete /usr/bin/mysql and /var/lib/mysql

3. Delete the file /etc/my.cnf.rmp

4. Use ps -e to check the processes to make sure mysql isn't still running.

5. Reboot server with reboot

6. Run yum install mysql-server. This also seems to install the mysql client as a dependency.

7. Give mysql ownership and group priveleges with:

   chown -R mysql /var/lib/mysql

   chgrp -R mysql /var/lib/mysql

8. Use service mysqld start to start MySQL Daemon.