I think it's apparmor:
thufir@dur:/tmp$ thufir@dur:/tmp$ nl /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld 1 # vim:syntax=apparmor 2 # Last Modified: Tue Jun 19 17:37:30 2007 3 #include <tunables/global> 4 /usr/sbin/mysqld { 5 #include <abstractions/base> 6 #include <abstractions/nameservice> 7 #include <abstractions/user-tmp> 8 #include <abstractions/mysql> 9 #include <abstractions/winbind> 10 capability dac_override, 11 capability sys_resource, 12 capability setgid, 13 capability setuid, 14 network tcp, 15 /etc/hosts.allow r, 16 /etc/hosts.deny r, 17 /etc/mysql/*.pem r, 18 /etc/mysql/conf.d/ r, 19 /etc/mysql/conf.d/* r, 20 /etc/mysql/*.cnf r, 21 /usr/lib/mysql/plugin/ r, 22 /usr/lib/mysql/plugin/*.so* mr, 23 /usr/sbin/mysqld mr, 24 /usr/share/mysql/** r, 25 /var/log/mysql.log rw, 26 /var/log/mysql.err rw, 27 /var/lib/mysql/ r, 28 /var/lib/mysql/** rwk, 29 /var/log/mysql/ r, 30 /var/log/mysql/* rw, 31 /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid rw, 32 /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock w, 33 /run/mysqld/mysqld.pid rw, 34 /run/mysqld/mysqld.sock w, 35 /sys/devices/system/cpu/ r, 36 # Site-specific additions and overrides. See local/README for details. 37 #include <local/usr.sbin.mysqld> 38 } thufir@dur:/tmp$ I need to grant access to /tmp somehow? thanks, Thufir -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql