Re: MySQL/PHP

[Darren Cook <darrenj@example.com>]

> > Did you install mysql from rpm?
> 
> I installed everything from the RH7.1 CDs ( two of them ) I don't really
> know if it's rpm or not.

From the RH CD means it is rpm. The alternative is to download it from
the mysql site and compile it yourself. The rpm way is easier.

> I had to do "/etc/init.d/mysqld start". Is it same as "/etc/init.d/mysql
> start"? Little "d" at the end of "mysql" is making me nervus. I do the
> similar thing when I start http too. It's httpd. What's a "d" for?

d for "daemon", which is the fancy unix word for a server.

Darren