mysqld fails with permision denied (/var); runing as a user >Description: mysql configures for runing in user space; makes; and installs; tests wor, but mysqld wont run
>How-To-Repeat: I built mysql-4.1.14-nightly-20050808 from source, using ./configure '--prefix=/usr/staff/tango/jc/src/fedora/mysql-4.1.14-nightly-20050808/local' '--with-mysqld-user=jc' then make then make install Then I initialize with bin/mysql_install_db --datadir=local --user=jc this responds with: You can start the MySQL daemon with: cd /usr/staff/tango/jc/src/fedora/mysql-4.1.14-nightly-20050808/local ; /usr/staff/tango/jc/src/fedora/mysql-4.1.14-nightly-20050808/local/bin/mysqld_safe & This command fails with the following erros: mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/lib/mysql': Permission denied chown: cannot access `/var/lib/mysql': No such file or directory Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql /usr/staff/tango/jc/src/fedora/mysql-4.1.14-nightly-20050808/local/bin/mysqld_safe: line 329: /var/log/mysqld.log: No such file or directory /usr/staff/tango/jc/src/fedora/mysql-4.1.14-nightly-20050808/local/bin/mysqld_safe: line 337: /var/log/mysqld.log: No such file or directory STOPPING server from pid file /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid tee: /var/log/mysqld.log: Permission denied 050812 12:13:16 mysqld ended tee: /var/log/mysqld.log: Permission denied >Fix: >Submitter-Id: <submitter ID> >Originator: >Organization: James Cooper ,-_|\ E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Curtin University / \ Phone: +61 8 9266 2948 GPO Box U1987, PERTH $_,-._/ Fax: +61 8 9266 2819 WA 6845, Australia v CRICOS provider code: 00301J > >MySQL support: none >Synopsis: mysql installs; tests work, but mysqld won't run. >Severity: critical >Priority: low >Category: mysql >Class: sw-bug >Release: mysql-4.1.14-nightly-20050808 (Source distribution) >C compiler: gcc (GCC) 3.4.4 20050721 (Red Hat 3.4.4-2) >C++ compiler: g++ (GCC) 3.4.4 20050721 (Red Hat 3.4.4-2) >Environment: System: Linux ladybird 2.6.10-csck #5 SMP Fri May 6 16:49:29 WST 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Architecture: i686 Some paths: /usr/local/bin/perl /usr/bin/make /usr/bin/gmake /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/cc GCC: Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.4/specs Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-java-awt=gtk --host=i386-redhat-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 3.4.4 20050721 (Red Hat 3.4.4-2) Compilation info: CC='gcc' CFLAGS='' CXX='g++' CXXFLAGS='' LDFLAGS='' ASFLAGS='' LIBC: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 May 6 17:04 /lib/libc.so.6 -> libc-2.3.5.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1505808 Apr 7 18:58 /lib/libc-2.3.5.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2409956 Apr 7 18:03 /usr/lib/libc.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 204 Apr 7 17:29 /usr/lib/libc.so Configure command: ./configure '--prefix=/usr/staff/tango/jc/src/fedora/mysql-4.1.14-nightly-20050808/local' '--with-mysqld-user=jc' -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]