I done the chown, now using MySQL Navigator, I get Access denied for user: afore@localhost (using passowrd: YES). I get the same for user mysql and root using both my password and root password.
mysql is a group as shown in Yast2 login manager also. Permissions now shows drwxr-xr-x mysql mysql. Art -----Original Message----- From: Egor Egorov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 4:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: mysql.sock Art, Monday, March 18, 2002, 3:50:19 AM, you wrote: AF> I get AF> drwxr-xr-x 4 mysql daemon 540 Mar 17 17:44 mysql MySQL datadir should belong to user 'mysql'. chown -R mysql.mysql /var/lib/mysql AF> Art AF> From: Dan Vande More [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] AF> That's because you get this: AF> '020317 16:48:10 mysqld ended.' AF> It means there was an error, and the database server is no longer running. AF> Check your mysql log files to find out why. AF> Does the user, 'mysql' have permissions to write into the directory mysql is AF> using, normally /var/lib/mysql AF> Who is the owner, and group for that directory? And what are the AF> permissions? AF> Do an 'ls -la /var/lib/' AF> You should have something like: AF> 'drwxrwxr-x 25 mysql root 3072 Mar 16 23:00 mysql' AF> or even AF> 'drwxrwxr-x 25 root mysql 3072 Mar 16 23:00 mysql' -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/ This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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