On Oct 20, 2010, at 17:08, Mo Issa wrote: >> after I successfully installed mysql and the server port using macports, I >> rebooted, then I’ve been trying to create the initial database but it just >> won’t work. I researched this all day and it still won’t work. I’m on Mac OS >> X Leopard 10.5.8 and I keep on getting this error message when I execute the >> command to install the db: >> >> sudo /opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql >> Password: >> Installing MySQL system tables... >> ERROR: 1004 Can't create file '/var/tmp/#sqle6_1_0.frm' (errno: 9)
It sounds like your operating system's /var/tmp directory either doesn't exist or has the wrong permissions. What is the output of the following command: ls -ld /var/tmp _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
