Does the mysql user have permission to write to /var/lib/mysql? -jeff On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 20:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Description: > Just installed the rpm files for Linux x86 downloaded from the web. > After installing rpm files, server won't start. The error (from the log) is: > > 030325 21:23:41 mysqld started > 030325 21:23:41 Can't start server : Bind on unix socket: Permission denied > 030325 21:23:41 Do you already have another mysqld server running on socket: > /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock ? > 030325 21:23:41 Aborting > > 030325 21:23:41 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete > > 030325 21:23:41 mysqld ended > > I've checked, and /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock doesn't exist. Shouldn't the > server create it? > > >How-To-Repeat: > > >Fix: > > > >Submitter-Id: <submitter ID> > >Originator: Saul > >Organization: > Saul Jaffe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >MySQL support: [none | licence | email support | extended email support ] > >Synopsis: Can't start server > >Severity: serious > >Priority: high > >Category: mysql > >Class: support > >Release: mysql-4.0.12 (Official MySQL RPM) > > >C compiler: 2.95.3 > >C++ compiler: 2.95.3 > >Environment: > > System: Linux sflovers.org 2.4.2-2 #1 Sun Apr 8 20:41:30 EDT 2001 i686 unknown > Architecture: i686 > > Some paths: /usr/local/bin/perl /usr/bin/make /usr/bin/gmake /usr/bin/gcc > /usr/bin/cc > GCC: Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/specs > gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-81) > Compilation info: CC='gcc' CFLAGS='-O6 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -mpentium' > CXX='g++' CXXFLAGS='-O6 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -felide-constructors > -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -mpentium' LDFLAGS='' ASFLAGS='' > LIBC: > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Aug 13 2001 /lib/libc.so.6 -> > libc-2.2.2.so > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1236396 Apr 6 2001 /lib/libc-2.2.2.so > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26350254 Apr 6 2001 /usr/lib/libc.a > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178 Apr 6 2001 /usr/lib/libc.so > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 13 2001 /usr/lib/libc-client.a -> > c-client.a > Configure command: ./configure '--disable-shared' > '--with-mysqld-ldflags=-all-static' '--with-client-ldflags=-all-static' > '--without-berkeley-db' '--with-innodb' '--without-vio' '--without-openssl' > '--enable-assembler' '--enable-local-infile' '--with-mysqld-user=mysql' > '--with-unix-socket-path=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' '--prefix=/' > '--with-extra-charsets=complex' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--libexecdir=/usr/sbin' > '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--localstatedir=/var/lib/mysql' > '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' > '--with-embedded-server' '--enable-thread-safe-client' '--with-comment=Official > MySQL RPM' 'CFLAGS=-O6 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -mpentium' 'CXXFLAGS=-O6 > -fno-omit-frame-pointer -felide-constructors -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti > -mpentium' >
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