installed MySql - can't connect to local MySql: server error

[R Shapiro]

david writes:
 >  > 020620  2:32:01  /usr/libexec/mysqld: Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm'  

I was just looking at the mysql docs for other reasons and I happened
to see this particular error mentioned.  According to the docs, this
happens if you forget to run the script that installs the root tables.
But that should happen automatically if you installed via rpm.

See: 

http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_Installing.html#Post-installation

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