I wanted to respond with what I found:APPARMOR blocks mysql from writing to any other directory than the data dir and /tmp.
I had to edit the /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld file and add the following:
/backups/mysql** rwk, to the bottom. Hope this helps someone. Ray -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org