The group is not really important, as long as mysql owns the data directory and its contents. You can check /etc/group and see if you have a mysql group, or a group to which mysql is a member.
Rance Hall wrote: > Folks: > > I think you are on the right track with that Gerald.. > > I deleted all the files in my data directory (they were just the ones > that mysql_install_db creates) and then ran mysql_install_db --user=mysql > > This time, nothing was created, no files, or anything, cant even find > an error message that would say why. > > So since I know that the server is running under safe_mysqld > --user=mysql it couldnt find the files cause under that account name > apparently they dont exist. > > The mysql user is part of what group, so I can chown the dir, and > start again? > > > Gerald Clark wrote > >> Does mysql own the mysql database directory, and all its files? >> >> You should have run it as >> mysql_install_db --user=mysql >> >> Rance Hall wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello all >>> >>> I have a slackware 8.0 distro that includes mysql 3.39.x (I'm not at >>> that computer now, so that could be wrong slighly) install pkg >>> >>> I have installed it, and I can get it to run with the >>> --skip-grant-tables option. >>> >>> When I try to run safe_mysqld without the skip option I get the >>> following error: Table 'mysql.host' doesn't exist >>> >>> Now, I ran the mysql_install_db script and it made a bunch of >>> databases including two called host.xxx >>> >>> Question, what is the proper syntax for a creation of the mysql.host >>> table so that I can create it and get past this error. >>> >>> If anyone else has any experience with this, could this be a bug in >>> the install_db script? >>> >>> Thanks for all your help >>> >>> Rance >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.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
