Hi,
run the safe_mysqld as mysql and not as root. Remove the directories
" rm -rf /var/lib/mysql "
and create it again as root and then
"chown -R mysql.mysql /var/lib/mysql"
then as mysql run
"mysql_install_db"
and again as mysql run
"safe_mysqld"
Bye.
On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Jason Thiesse wrote:
> For the life of me I can not get mySQL server to start.
>
> Background:
> System: Red Hat 8.0
> mySQL verion: whatever shipped with 8.0
>
> I think I have read the mysql.com documentation enough to determine either
> a. I'm clueless b. I'm clueless or c. all of the above.
>
> I have ran mysql_install_db, appears to work as expected.
>
> When I run safe_mysqld & I get the following:
>
> root@thunderball mysql]# Starting mysqld daemon with databases from
> /var/lib/mysql
> 021028 17:15:16 mysqld ended
>
> The error messages in the log read as following:
> 021028 17:15:16 mysqld started
> 021028 17:15:16 /usr/libexec/mysqld: Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm'
> (errno: 13)
> 021028 17:15:16 mysqld ended
>
> Even though host.frm is at /var/lib/mysql/mysql/host.frm
>
> Here is my "my.cnf" file:
>
> ysqld]
> datadir=/var/lib/mysql
> socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
> skip-innodb
> skip-locking
>
> [mysql.server]
> user=mysql
> basedir=/var/lib
>
> [safe_mysqld]
> err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log
> pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
>
> Thanks ahead of time for any help.
>
>
>
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