i made some security changes on my database server. i also tried to restart the server and whenever i do the restart command to make the changes affective, i get this error instead.

shell-init error retrieving current directory

i made a backup file of the configuration file, so when i go back to the original configuration im still getting this error. im very scared i cannot access my database anymore if this error message keeps coming up.

MySQL server was working fine, i restarted the httpd apacher web server, but that is working ok. according to your instructions if the apache is working ok it should work.