Make sure mysql owns the mysql database directory and files.
Peter H. Burris wrote:
> I'm a sysadmin who created mysql installs for users on linux x86 boxen; I
> had to create self-contained, architecture-specific packages to comply
> with our in-house means of handling software in my department. That took
> three weeks to fine-tune and distribute and mysql seemed to run out of the
> box, after some tuning on my build-host.
>
> Everything LOOKED good...until the user who called and said, "did you
> change my password?" uh, no. "Why can't I get on Mysql, then?" uh, did
> you do a ps -ef? "nothing happens.
>
> well, the host.some.domain.err says the following:
>
> 010619 16:39:30 mysqld started
> 010619 16:39:30 /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld: Can't find file:
> './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13)
> 010619 16:39:30 mysqld ended
>
> searches on dejanews.com (or 'googlegroups, as they are known)
> revealed someone had run into this and had been advised to run the
> installdb script; I did that again, but now it doesn't do me much good,
> so I try linking over /usr.../mysql/var/mysql to /usr/../,ysql/libexec,
> but to no visible change in behavior, judging by stdout and the *.err log.
>
> What painfully simple, stupid thing am I missing?
>
>
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