I found the solution to my own problem... the log-bin option is a specific filename. so when you set: log-bin=/logging mysql must have ownership of the / folder, as it is trying to create /logging.001 and /logging.index easily fixed by adding the file-name to the path... log-bin=/logging/host-name which will now create /logging/host-name-bin.001 and /logging/host-name-bin.index and since mysql has ownership of the logging directory, this is okay... -L
Luke Crouch 918-461-5326 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
