No, it can't find the file because the mysql database directory is owned
by root.
Rolf Hopkins wrote:
>
> More like it has already started. Do "ps -ef | grep mysql" to find out.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerald Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Steve Tuckner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 0:21
> Subject: Re: Newbie Linux 7 installation question
>
> > chown -R mysql /var/mysql
> >
> >
> > Steve Tuckner wrote:
> > >
> > > When I run safe_mysqld, it starts and ends immediatly. In the mysqld.log
> in
> > > /var/log it has the following:
> > >
> > > 010418 21:19:47 mysqld started
> > > 010418 21:19:47 /usr/libexec/mysqld: Can't find file:
> './mysql/host.frm'
> > > (errno: 13)
> > > 010418 21:19:47 mysqld ended
> > >
> > > Below is the my.cnf file
> > >
> > > [mysqld]
> > > datadir=/var/lib/mysql
> > > socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
> > >
> > > [mysql.server]
> > > user=mysql
> > > basedir=/var/lib
> > >
> > > [safe_mysqld]
> > > err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log
> > > pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
> > >
> > > I ran mysql_install_db and it created database files in
> > > /var/lib/mysql/mysql. The file host.frm does exist in that directory. I
> > > tried copying those files /var/lib/mysql but it made no difference. I
> have
> > > no ethernet card in the machine and therefore it would be running as
> > > localhost.
> > >
> > > Any ideas???
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> >
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