The var dir is usually where the databases and logs go. At least, from the sources I've compiled, thats where it always gets stored.
On Mon, 2002-04-29 at 10:03, Cindy wrote: > > OK, it seems like every time I install mysql, I run smack dab into > some type of access problem -- if it isn't a password hangup, it's a > mysql.sock problem or (at the moment) a refusal to allow me to create > databases. I've puzzled through most of it for now, but this one > has me stumped. > > It's giving me perror 13, which is a write permission problem. But > I've checked and double checked, and the data directory is indeed > writable by my mysql account: > > mysql> create database Text; use Text; > ERROR 1006: Can't create database 'Text'. (errno: 13) > mysql> > Suspended > mysql_att> mkdir /usr/local/mysql/data/Text > mysql_att> ls > Text attalus.**.err mysql > > I've linked the /usr/local/mysql/data file to another filesystem > with a good deal more space, but that shouldn't be a problem (that's > how I set it up on another one of our machines). > > Thoughts? > > And while I'm at it, can someone also tell me what the heck the > /usr/local/mysql/var directory is all about? Inevitably, the reason I > reinstall mysql all the time (binary dist) is because when I get back > to a machine and want to do something administrative about once a > quarter, it can't find things in the var directory, but I don't HAVE a > var directory. (I think the source code dist creates that, but not > the binary code dist.) > > > Thanks, > --Cindy > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
