> From: Jeff Kilpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Organization: > Date: 26 Mar 2003 16:03:38 -0600 > > Yes, probably. I've never used a mysql rpm, so I don't know how they're > packaged. /var/lib/mysql is an odd place to stick that socket though. > I've always seen it in /tmp or someplace similar (and world readable).
That appears to be the default location. > errno = 13 --> "Permission denied" Make sure that directory is owned by > mysql, ie > $ chown mysql <database dir> > $ chmod 700 <database dir> Actually, it was 755... and owned by mysql, group mysql. > It seems rather odd that an rpm would stick anything in /ul/mysql. Did > you move the stuff there and create a symbolic link to it? That won't > necessarily perserve permissions and ownership. I had created /u1/mysql and put a link to it when I installed 3.23. As I said, I had tested with that and everything worked fine. All I did was, after blowing away the databases, and uninstalling 3.23, was to install 4.0.12. I started with the sources and had problems. When the rpms came out, I thought the prebuilt versions would solve my problem as the prebuilt version worked before. > If you're having that much trouble with the rpm, a source build may or > may not be what you're looking for. I'd go that route, but any of my > co-workers can attest to the fact that I'm an obsessive compiler. Well, I could... except that the documentation, as far as I'm concerned, leaves a lot to be desired. > -jeff > > On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 15:49, Saul wrote: > > > From: Jeff Kilpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Organization: > > > Date: 25 Mar 2003 21:08:56 -0600 > > > > > > Does the mysql user have permission to write to /var/lib/mysql? > > > -jeff > > > > Well, it didn't. But, shouldn't it have been set that way after the rpm > > package was installed? > > > > Now, it says: > > > > Fatal error: Can't open privilege tables: Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm' > > (errno: 13) > > 030326 16:39:58 Aborting > > > > datadir is set to /var/lib/mysql which is a symbolic link to /u1/mysql. > > > > For what it's worth, I've been having a lot of problems with mysql. I had > > mysql 3.23 installed, and was testing a message board ("phpBB2") for use with > > mysql. When I went to make the board "production", I used mysqladmin to drop > > the database I had been using for testing, and then to create a new database > > (different name) for production. When I tried to run the phpBB2 installer > > against the new database, it failed. I couldn't figure out what happened; > > following the same installation instructions, I was getting weird error after > > weird error. So, I figured I would start from scratch. I figured as long as > > I was doing that, I would start with mysql 4... and have been having problem, > > after problem, after problem. I worked for over a week from the sources and > > got nowhere and then I saw that this release finally hit "production" and am > > starting all over again... and here I am unable to run mysql... > > > > >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' > > >> > -- Saul Jaffe Mouch Potato [EMAIL PROTECTED] To a touch typist, having the space bar workonly 30% of the time, is damned frustrating. 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