Yes, it looks like the permissions are skewed. YOu might just want to do a chown -R mysql:mysql /usr/local/mysql The out-of-the-package permissions should be correct, ownership could be the issue.
Regards, Bhavin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emiliano Marmonti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 7:36 AM Subject: Fw: Problem under Solaris > Dear people > > I have a problem installing under Solaris. I've downloaded a compiled > mysql, installed under /usr/local, create mysql group and mysql user, the > owner of mysql/data is the group mysql and everything looks well. But when I > try: > > bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql > > The mysql starts and inmediatly ends. Looking the log file I can see > that it says: > > 020621 20:49:05 mysqld started > 020621 20:49:05 /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld: Can't create/write to file > '/usr/l > ocal/mysql/data/bdu.pid' (Errcode: 13) > 020621 20:49:05 /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld: Can't find file: > './mysql/host.frm > ' (errno: 13) > 020621 20:49:05 /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld: Error on delete of > '/usr/local/mys > ql/data/bdu.pid' (Errcode: 13) > 020621 20:49:05 mysqld ended > > it looks like has no rights to write the file, isnīt it. I tried to use > scripts/mysql_install_db but It says that could not find mysqld and I 've > seen that my.cnf does not exists. Is there a way to put it working or must I > download source code and compile it from scratch? > > Thanks a lot in advance > > Emiliano H.Marmonti > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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