John - I've chowned the pertinent directories to mysql:mysql and chmoded them to 700. Still no change in the result. For laughs, I tried chown and chmod with a --reference of an existing, working data directory in /var/lib/mysql, but again, no change.
- Brad On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Brad Heintz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John - > > I've seen people confuse MySQL users with OS users, too. I'm not doing > that, and I understand the difference between MySQL privs and filesystem > permissions. MySQL is running as the mysql user. I'm running the query as > MySQL's root. > > I am able to create partitioned or non-partitioned tables if I do not > specify a data directory. > > I'll try your suggestion about making the filesystem perms more restrictive > - I don't think I've tried that yet. > > Thanks for taking the time to respond. > > - Brad > > > On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 3:42 AM, John Daisley < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Brad, what user are you running the mysql server as? Have you created a >> mysql user and group (or another user and group) to run the server and set a >> user= option in the cnf file? >> >> Are you absolutely sure all necessary files and directories are owned and >> readable/writable only by the mysql user? Setting files and directories to >> 777 will not always solve the issue and is a bug security risk, they must be >> owned and readable/writable only to the mysql user. >> >> Are you able to create non-partitioned tables? >> >> This kind of problem crops up time and time again on the mysql forums and >> its always filesystem permissions or people confuse mysql users with os >> users or think because they log into mysql as 'root' they have root >> privileges on the box. >> >> Regards, >> >> John >> >> What >> >> >> On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 16:41 -0500, Brad Heintz wrote: >> >> >> Thanks, Martin, but that's not it. As I mentioned in my email, I'm running >> as MySQL root user with all priv bits set. I tried your suggestion anyway, >> but no change. >> >> Cheers, >> - Brad >> >> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Martin Gainty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Brad- >> > >> > log into mysql as admin >> > GRANT FILE ON *.* to 'username'@'HOST'; >> > logout >> > then login to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > retry FILE operation >> > >> > Martin >> > ______________________________________________ >> > Disclaimer and confidentiality note >> > Everything in this e-mail and any attachments relates to the official >> > business of Sender. This transmission is of a confidential nature and >> > Sender >> > does not endorse distribution to any party other than intended recipient. >> > Sender does not necessarily endorse content contained within this >> > transmission. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 15:44:06 -0500 >> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > To: mysql@lists.mysql.com >> > > Subject: Vexing permissions issue with partitioned CREATE TABLE >> > >> > > >> > > All - >> > > >> > > Thanks in advance for help with a sticky problem. >> > > >> > > I'm attempting to create a partitioned table thus: >> > > >> > > CREATE TABLE `my_precious_table` ( >> > > `id` bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, >> > > `startTimeStamp` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00', >> > > PRIMARY KEY (`id`,`startTimeStamp`) >> > > ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 >> > > PARTITION BY RANGE (year(startTimeStamp)) ( >> > > PARTITION p0 VALUES LESS THAN (2005) DATA DIRECTORY = '/foo/data_foo' >> > > INDEX DIRECTORY = '/foo/idx_foo' ENGINE = MyISAM, >> > > PARTITION p1 VALUES LESS THAN MAXVALUE DATA DIRECTORY = >> > > '/foo/data_foo' INDEX DIRECTORY = '/foo/idx_foo' ENGINE = MyISAM); >> > > >> > > (This query is pared way down from the original, but still suffers from >> > the >> > > same problem.) Note that there are data and index directories specified >> > for >> > > the individual partitions. This statement was originally generated by a >> > > MySQL instance of version 5.1.22-rc-log, and I'm attempting to run it on >> > > 5.1.29-rc-community. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > I get the following error when I attempt to create a table this way: >> > > >> > > ERROR 1 (HY000): Can't create/write to file >> > > '/foo/idx_foo/my_precious_table#P#p0.MYI' (Errcode: 13) >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > I'm pretty sure it's not a filesystem-level issue, because permissions on >> > > the specified folders are all 777: >> > > >> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] foo]$ ls -al /foo >> > > total 32 >> > > drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 Dec 5 13:56 . >> > > drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 Dec 5 13:55 .. >> > > drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Dec 5 13:56 data_foo >> > > drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Dec 5 13:56 idx_foo >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > I'm also pretty sure it's not a MySQL grants/permissions issue, because >> > I'm >> > > operating as MySQL root with all privilege bits set. >> > > >> > > Other notes: >> > > - I can create the table without the DATA/INDEX DIRECTORY specified, but >> > I >> > > need to place the partitions for this very large table on a separate >> > disk. >> > > - It shouldn't make a difference with everything set to 777, but I've >> > tried >> > > setting the owner/group for the directories to root:root, mysql:mysql, >> > and >> > > myself, just to try it. No change. >> > > - The docs (if I have read everything correctly) indicate that specifying >> > > DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY per partition in the manner above is >> > > legit, and that attempting to specify them at the table level for a >> > > partitioned table is not. >> > > >> > > I've googled extensively, searched the list archives, and exhausted every >> > > other avenue I could think of before posting to the list, but am no >> > closer >> > > to an answer. Does anyone have any ideas? Have I missed something in the >> > > docs? >> > > >> > > Many thanks, >> > > - Brad Heintz >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Brad Heintz >> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > >> > ------------------------------ >> > Send e-mail anywhere. No map, no compass. 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