At 05:53 PM 12/24/01 +0000, you wrote: >Is the mysqld daemon set to run as root? >do either > ps -auxw | grep mysql >or > ps -ef | grep mysql > >and see what mysqld is running as. You can set the server to run as >a particular user regardless of what the file ownership of mysqld is.
Oops. Yep, that was the error. Thanks! Merry Christmas! BenO >Also, have you installed the mysql database with > mysql_install_db >in the scripts directory? > >This installs the database 'mysql' which contains all user >authentication. > >M > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ben Ocean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: 24 December 2001 17:40 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Problems With New Installation > > >I forgot to mention that /var/lib/mysql is owned by root and I'm in as >root. I've also changed permission to mysql ownership of said directory >with no luck. Any ideas? > >At 08:31 AM 12/24/01 -0800, you wrote: > >Hi; > >I've successfully installed mysql from source. However, I've run into a > >problem with trying to create databases or users: > > > >mysql> create database cc_store; > >ERROR 1006: Can't create database 'cc_store'. (errno: 13) > > > >Furthermore, I can't edit the root password. What fundamental step have I > >missed? > >TIA, > >BenO > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
