You should have run install_db --user=mysql
Is the mysql directory in /dbshare owned by mysql ?
Are the permissions 775 ?
Does mysql own the files in /dbshare/mysql ?
kentj wrote:
>
> dbshare is owned by mysql with group deamon
> and I have run install_db
>
> "Gerald L. Clark" wrote:
>
> > kentj wrote:
> > >
> > > Platform Suse 7.0,
> > > AMD 450 KIII+,
> > > 128MB Ram
> > >
> > > Linux on 10 Gig system harddrive
> > > with 45 Gig additional drive mounted as /dbshare.
> > >
> > > I have created a symbolic link in /var/lib of mysql-> /dbshare.
> > >
> > > then
> > >
> > > RPM -Uhv --force MySQL*-3.23.32-1.i386.rpm to install the files
> > > from
> > > MySQL-3.23.32-1.i386.rpm
> > > MySQL-client-3.23.32-1.i386.rpm
> > > MySQL-shared-3.23.32-1.i386.rpm
> > >
> > > The folders mysql and test are placed in /dbshare and mysql.sock is also
> > >
> > > created in /dbshare along with the following
> > > error message.
> > >
> > > 010202 13:31:48 mysqld started
> > > 010202 13:31:48 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm'
> > > (errno: 13)
> > > 010202 13:31:48 mysqld ended
> > >
> > > What am I missing to make this work?
> > Privileges for the mysql user to access these directories.
> > Who owns /dbshare?
> > The privileges that count are the privileges of the real directory,
> > not the symbolic link.
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