Does the user you wish to run mysqld as have owner read write to /var/lib/mysql and its sub directories?
(if you are not sure what I mean, can we see your my.cnf file and do a 'ls -la /var/lib/mysql') Matthew -----Original Message----- From: antoine druon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 July 2003 12:45 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: impossible to start mysql I try to install mysql 3.23 on mandrake 9.0 but I have somme problems first I have this problem /usr/share/rpm-helper/add-service: line 27: [: : integer expression expected a the end of install i saw for mandrake 9.1 a patch so i modified my add-service in rpm- helper but after that a the end of install i receive this message /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete and impossible t start mysql with safe_mysqld error message is : shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory pwd: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql 030724 13:44:37 mysqld ended please help me thanks -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
