Jan, Thanks for the pointer, indeed it was a rights issue, and all sorted now.
Regards, Martyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Martyn Wendon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 7:53 PM Subject: Re: Symbolic Links to Data > Martyn, > > On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, Martyn Wendon wrote: > > No problems in general with the installation. Everything has been working > > fine, I need to move the database files as I am running out of space on the > > /var partition. > > This is surely an access rights problem. If you'd su to the user running > mysql (probably 'mysql') (full command: "su - mysql", or, if you don't > have/know the password of the mysql user, use first "su -", then as root > "su - mysql"), and then try accessing the directory you mentioned as user > mysql, you'll soon see whether you're allowed to or not. If not, set the > appropriate rights and things should work. > > In case you need them, manpages to look at would be: chown/chgrp, chmod, > su. > > Hope this helps. > > Sincerely, > Jan > > -- > Mr. Jan-Aage Bruvoll IT Project Manager > 20 Min Holding, Thurgauerstrasse 40, CH-8050 Zurich > Zurich office: +41 1 307 4293, fax: +41 1 307 4281 > Office/fax: +44 2072408283 Mobile: +44 7740291600 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
