Thanks guys! I did follow the procedure, but somewhere during the first and second attempt I mucked it up. Followed the directions slowly and carefully a third time and we are up and running. Thanks for your help! Kelly
Kelly S. Brace Information Technology Exchange Center Twin Rise 200 1300 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY 14222 http://www.itec.suny.edu Main: 716-878-4832 Fax: 716-878-3485 Office: 716-878-3984 Cell: 716-432-4978 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eric Bergen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/23/2005 04:11 PM Please respond to Eric Bergen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To John Trammell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc [EMAIL PROTECTED], mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject Re: Difficulty starting mysql errno 13 is permission denied. It looks like mysql doesn't have permission to access your grant tables. -Eric On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:00:58 -0600, John Trammell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did you follow the procedure in > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/quick-install.html > > ? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 1:29 PM > > To: mysql@lists.mysql.com > > Subject: Difficulty starting mysql > > > > Hello, > > I'm attempting to start mysql 4.1.10 compiled source code > > on Red Hat > > Advanced Server 2.1 with apache 2.0.49. ./configure, make and make > > install went successfully. But when I attempt to start mysql > > using this > > command: > > sudo mysqld_safe --user=mysql > > > > I get the following errors: > > Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql > > STOPPING server from pid file /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid > > 050223 11:31:46 mysqld ended > > > > The error log states: > > 050223 11:16:03 mysqld started > > 050223 11:16:03 InnoDB: Database was not shut down normally! > > InnoDB: Starting crash recovery. > > InnoDB: Reading tablespace information from the .ibd files... > > InnoDB: Restoring possible half-written data pages from the > > doublewrite > > InnoDB: buffer... > > 050223 11:16:03 InnoDB: Starting log scan based on checkpoint at > > InnoDB: log sequence number 0 43634. > > InnoDB: Doing recovery: scanned up to log sequence number 0 43634 > > 050223 11:16:03 InnoDB: Flushing modified pages from the > > buffer pool... > > 050223 11:16:03 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 43634 > > 050223 11:16:03 [ERROR] /usr/local/libexec/mysqld: Can't find file: > > './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13) > > 050223 11:16:03 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open privilege > > tables: Can't > > find file: './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13) > > 050223 11:16:03 mysqld ended > > > > > > I also did a find on mysld and found this: > > ./var/run/mysqld > > ./etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld > > ./etc/logrotate.d/mysqld > > ./usr/libexec/mysqld > > ./usr/local/libexec/mysqld > > ./home/webcollab/mysql-4.1.10/sql/mysqld > > > > What do I need to do to make it start properly? Thanks in advance! > > > > Kelly S. Brace > > Information Technology Exchange Center > > Twin Rise 200 > > 1300 Elmwood Avenue > > Buffalo, NY 14222 > > http://www.itec.suny.edu > > > > Main: 716-878-4832 > > Fax: 716-878-3485 > > Office: 716-878-3984 > > Cell: 716-432-4978 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Eric Bergen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ebergen.net -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]