When you 'copied' the data directory (and/or contents), did you make sure
that the directory and file 'ownerships' and 'permissions' remained the same
? Did you check the 'ownership' and 'permissions' on the new MySQL 'parent'
directory ?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Jimenez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mysql" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 10:59 AM
Subject: How to upgrade from source version to RPM version
> I'm rather new to Mysql.
> Here is the deal. I'm currently running mysql-3.23.33 from
> mysql-3.23.33.tar.gz. Now after reading through documentation. I now know
> that I should have used the RPM Version because I'm running Redhat Linux
> 6.2. So I then downloaded the new version MySQL-3.23.38-1.i386.rpm
> everything installed fine and I was able to set the password the same as
the
> previous version. But when I copied my Data directory over to the new
> versions Data dir the server would not start and it was giving me access
> denied errors. Now the passwords are the same and there should be no
reasons
> why it would have failed. I know this because I have previously upgraded
the
> versions but from source not RPM. What did I do wrong or what steps did I
> miss that should be done when you upgrade from source to RPM?
>
> Thanks
> Mike
>
>
>
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