Bruijne, Thank you for responding.
The my.cnf file was fine, but when you mentioned it, it sparked a long forgotten memory that there was something specific to Ubuntu that affects who has access to files like my.cnf. After a little web searching, I realized it is a security thing called "Apparmour". Long story short, when I upgraded Ubuntu, I kept the my.cnf file that had served me well for years, but had overwritten /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld with new default settings. Some of the directories in that file did not match my system. Editing the Apparmour file and restarting both Apparmour and MySQL solved the problem. Thank you for setting me in the right direction. -- Dave M G -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
