Sorry for typo: what I tried was; chown -R _mysql:_mysql /Users/me/Databases/mysql/data
> On 13 Sep2022, at 3:15 PM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Whenever macOS updates to a new version, it destroys the custom settings for > my user directory and subdirectories that are required for mysql to access > its datadir, which is in a custom location. > > In the past, I’ve used the command > > chown +R _mysql:_mysql /Users/me/Databases/mysql/data > > as part of the steps to make a custom mysql datadir accessible to mysql. > > But since I just upgraded to Monterey 12.6, I’m getting the error message: > > chown: +R: illegal user name > > What to do now? > > Note that permission changes such as > > chmod +a "_mysql allow search" /Users/me/Databases > > (and ditto for /Users/me and /Users/me/Databases/mysql) are OK. > > --- > Murray Eisenberg murrayeisenb...@gmail.com > > > > --- Murray Eisenberg murrayeisenb...@gmail.com Mobile (413)-427-5334 503 King Farm Blvd #101 Rockville, MD 20850-6667