>> Should I reinstall MySQL to test this, or is there a more simple way? > You could try a "apt-get --reinstall install mysql-server-4.1" if you don't > mind a minute of mysql downtime. Would be great!
It looks like it's still a problem: # apt-get --reinstall install mysql-server-4.1 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/14.6MB of archives. After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Reading package fields... Done Reading package status... Done Retrieving bug reports... Done Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 37649 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace mysql-server-4.1 4.1.11a-4sarge2 (using .../mysql-server-4.1_4.1.11a-4sarge2_i386.deb) ... Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. Unpacking replacement mysql-server-4.1 ... Setting up mysql-server-4.1 (4.1.11a-4sarge2) ... Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. Starting MySQL database server: mysqld. Checking for crashed MySQL tables in the background. # ls -l /var/lib/mysql/ | grep root -rw-rw---- 1 root root 4 Nov 30 21:07 debpro-relay-bin.000298 -rw-rw---- 1 root root 4 Nov 30 21:07 debpro-relay-bin.000299 I fixed it with: # chown mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql/* /Jacob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]