check the ownership of the mysql directory and the files within. They should be the same owner/group as your mysql server.
Yuriy Salimovskyy wrote: > Dear sirs, > > I'm running MySQL server on local machine (AMD Duron 650, 128 RAM, Linux > RedHat 7.1, MySQL 3.23.36) and have following problem: > > after running SAFE_MYSQLD daemon starts, but ends almost immediately > log is as follows: > 011126 16:44:08 mysqld started > 011126 16:44:14 /usr/libexec/mysqld: Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm' > (errno: 13) > 011126 16:44:14 mysqld ended > Still sometimes I can start daemon with applying --no-defaults, but cannot > connect to server! System says "cannot through socket > /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock " In that case log is: > > 011126 16:39:25 mysqld started > /usr/libexec/mysqld: option requires an argument -- h > /usr/libexec/mysqld Ver 3.23.36 for redhat-linux-gnu on i386 > > Starts the MySQL server > > Usage: /usr/libexec/mysqld [OPTIONS] > > basedir: /usr/ > datadir: /var/lib/mysql/ > tmpdir: /tmp/ > language: /usr/share/mysql/english/ > pid file: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid > TCP port: 3306 > Unix socket: /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock > > system locking is not in use > > 011126 16:39:25 mysqld ended > > And sometimes I cannot evev start server with that parameter - have no idea > why. > > I'd be thankful if you could tell me how can I deal with that to make > everything work. > -- > > Sincerely, > Yuriy "Yurr" Salimovskyy > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > MSN:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://yurr.20m.com/ > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 'what we do in life echoes in eternity' > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php