I'm not nuts about deploying MySQL on macs, but I think you need to assume root. As your mac admin user, try $ sudo su - and give your admin password when asked. You should now be root and can expect permissions to behave as you would expect.
- michael dykman On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:16 PM, g...@noiseunit.com <g...@noiseunit.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I found this page on the wiki regarding max allowed packets. > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/packet-too-large.html > > > However, on my Mac OSX when I try to run the following from terminal window > I get "Permission Denied" > > shell> mysqld --max_allowed_packet=16M > > And if I try to run as sudo but I again get "Permission Denied" even though > I am logged in as Admin on my machine. > > So I tried to chmod 777 on mysqld but again received an error: > > "chmod: Unable to change file mode on mysqld: Operation not permitted" > > Any help on how I can rectify this would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Greg > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=mdyk...@gmail.com > > -- - michael dykman - mdyk...@gmail.com May the Source be with you. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
