mysqld_safe might not know where your config file is located. You can specify it's location at the command line with --defaults-file=file_name
alternatively, you could specify the location of your log file thus: --log-error=file_name other options found at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqld-safe.html - michael dykman On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 7:31 AM, javad bakhshi <javadbakh...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install Mysql on linux which I don't have a root access. I > have done the folowing : > > 1. Download source files from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ and > un-tar thwm > 2. configure the instalation using ./configure as: > CFLAGS="-O3" CXX=gcc CXXFLAGS="-O3 -felide-constructors -fno-exceptions > -fno-rtti" ; \ > ./configure --prefix=/bubo/home/h10/javad/scratch/mysql \ > --enable-assembler \ > --with-mysqld-ldflags=-all-static \ > --with-client-ldflags=-all-static \ > --with-mysqld-user=javad \ > > --with-unix-socket-path=/bubo/home/h10/javad/scratch/mysql/tmp/mysql.sock \ > --localstatedir=/bubo/home/h10/javad/scratch/mysql/share \ > --datadir=/bubo/home/h10/javad/scratch/mysql/data\ > --enable-thread-safe-client > > 3. execute ./bin/mysql_install_db > 4. execute bin/mysqld_safe & to run mysql. but at this point I get the > folowing error: > Starting mysqld daemon with databases from > /bubo/home/h10/javad/scratch/mysql/data > ./bin/mysqld_safe: line 394: /var/log/mysqld.log: Permission denied > ./bin/mysqld_safe: line 402: /var/log/mysqld.log: Permission denied > STOPPING server from pid file > /bubo/home/h10/javad/scratch/mysql/data/the.pid > tee: /var/log/mysqld.log: Permission denied > 111115 13:14:18 mysqld ended > tee: /var/log/mysqld.log: Permission denied > > I don't know why I get this error since I have changed the my.cnf to > err-log=/bubo/home/h10/javad/scratch/mysql/data/the.log > pid-file=/bubo/home/h10/javad/scratch/mysql/data/the.pid > > > > > > Best regards, > Javad Bakhshi, > -- - 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
