The mysql directory and files are not owned by mysql.
chown -R mysql /var/lib/mysql ( or whatever )

Selva Prakash wrote:

> Hi,
>  i am working on Linux  and when i try to start mysql server, iget an error 
> "/usr/libexec/mysqld: Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13)"
> 
> what is that file abt?


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