Make sure mysql is the owner of /usr/local/mysql. With Linux the command is chown -R mysql /usr/local/mysql
This recursively makes mysql the owner, and keeps security tight. Xiaolin Zhao wrote: >Dear Gerald, > >Many thanks! > >I just did a chmod -R a+r, then everything is fixed. > >It is kind of lasy and security breaking act, but at >least that confirms the nature of the problem. > >Best regards, > >Allen Zhao > >--- Gerald Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > >>Make sure mysql has search privileges through all >>the >>directories to the file. >> >>Xiaolin Zhao wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>Yes, it is existing: >>> >>>ibmaix:/usr/local/mysql # ls -al >>>./share/mysql/english/errmsg.sys >>>-rw-r--r-- 1 mysql system 12183 Sep 09 >>> >>17:02 >> >>>./share/mysql/english/errmsg.sys >>> >>>The mysqld is run as mysql user. >>> >>>That is why I can not understand it. >>> >>>Any idea? >>> >>>Best regards, >>> >>>Allen Zhao >>> >>> >>> >>>--- Gerald Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>wrote: >>> >>>>Is the file there, and readable by the user >>>> >>'mysql' >> >>>>? >>>> >>>>Xiaolin Zhao wrote: >>>> >>>>>Hi, All >>>>> >>>>>I am trying to make MySQL 4.0.3b work with AIX >>>>> >>>>4.3.3. >>>> >>>>>But whenever I did the `./bin/safe_mysqld &` >>>>> >>>>command, >>>> >>>>>I get following error: >>>>> >>>>>020910 08:31:33 mysqld started >>>>>020910 8:31:33 Can't find messagefile >>>>>'mysql-4.0.3b/share/mysql/english/errmsg.sys' >>>>>020910 8:31:33 Aborting >>>>> >>>>>020910 08:31:33 mysqld ended >>>>> >>>>>The mysql is installed under >>>>> >>>>/usr/local/mysql-4.0.3b, >>>> >>>>>and /usr/local/mysql is sym link to mysql-4.0.3b. >>>>> >>>>>Can anyone pinpoint what the problem is? TIA >>>>> >>>>>Best regards, >>>>> >>>>>Allen Zhao >>>>> >> > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes >http://finance.yahoo.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