MySQL must be the owner of the data dir. Check the owner of MySQL data dir.
It was, but I have since changed it to root and it works fine now. Any idea why this would be? drwxr-xr-x 12 root mysql 4096 Nov 8 18:00 ./ drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Nov 8 20:12 ../ drwxr-xr-x 2 root mysql 4096 Nov 8 18:00 bin/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root mysql 4096 Nov 8 17:59 include/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root mysql 4096 Nov 8 17:59 info/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root mysql 4096 Nov 8 17:59 lib/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root mysql 4096 Nov 8 18:00 libexec/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root mysql 4096 Nov 8 18:00 man/ drwxr-xr-x 6 root mysql 4096 Nov 8 18:00 mysql-test/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root mysql 4096 Nov 8 18:00 share/ drwxr-xr-x 7 root mysql 4096 Nov 8 18:00 sql-bench/ drwxr-xr-x 5 root mysql 4096 Nov 9 05:39 var/ TIA -----Original Message----- From: Victoria Reznichenko [mailto:victoria.reznichenko@;ensita.net] Sent: November 9, 2002 11:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: re: Errors stating Mysql server Beauford, Saturday, November 09, 2002, 8:27:58 AM, you wrote: B> I just reinstalled Slackware and now have the unenviable task of B> getting Mysql working. What a major pain in the ***. Anyway, here are B> the errors. I have read manuals, searched the web, as well as the B> newsgroups, and still can't get it to work. No matter what B> permissions I change, the errors are still there. Is there not a B> simple easy way to do this. This is really ridiculous. B> TIA B> 021108 21:18:11 mysqld started B> /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld: File './beauford-bin.009' not found B> (Errcode: 13) B> 021108 21:18:11 Could not use beauford-bin for logging (error 13) B> 021108 21:18:11 /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld: Can't create/write B> to file '/usr/local/mysql/var/beauford.pid' (Errcode: 13) 021108 B> 21:18:11 /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld: Can't find file: B> './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13) 021108 21:18:11 B> /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld: Error on delete of B> '/usr/local/mysql/var/beauford.pid' (Errcode: 2) 021108 21:18:11 B> mysqld ended MySQL must be the owner of the data dir. Check the owner of MySQL data dir. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
