have you looked at the file permissions of the directory itself? looks only maciej:staff may access this one, but no mysql user.
-yves -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: "Maciej Wiznerowicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. August 2003 14:56 Betreff: mysqld cannot access innodb > Dear Sirs, > > I can not start MySQL server. > More specifically, MySQL was running fine all the time since > installation. It stopped working after I used FmPro Migrator to convert > some File Maker databases to MySQL > > It looks like mysqld has no access permissions to InnoDB and I do not > know how to fix it. > > LOG: > > The following message is written to MySQL log > > 030807 11:56:24 mysqld started > 030807 11:56:24 InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file > operation. > InnoDB: See http://www.innodb.com/ibman.html for installation help. > InnoDB: The error means mysqld does not have the access rights to > InnoDB: the directory. > InnoDB: File name ./ibdata1 > InnoDB: Cannot continue operation. > 030807 11:56:24 mysqld ended > > > Permissions: > > /library/mysql/var > total 41056 > drwx------ 13 maciej staff 442 Aug 7 11:50 . > drwxrwxr-x 14 root mysql 476 May 31 08:11 .. > -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 10178 Aug 7 11:56 > Trono-Monica.local..err > -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 25088 Jun 30 11:56 > ib_arch_log_0000000000 > -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5242880 Aug 7 09:31 ib_logfile0 > -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5242880 Jun 30 11:56 ib_logfile1 > -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 10485760 Aug 7 09:17 ibdata1 > drwx------ 20 mysql mysql 680 Aug 7 09:31 mice > -rw-r--r-- 1 mysql mysql 4821 Jun 30 11:45 my.conf > drwx------ 20 mysql mysql 680 Jul 13 20:51 mysql > drwx------ 2 mysql mysql 68 Jul 13 22:28 pvi > drwx------ 2 mysql mysql 68 Jul 13 00:22 test > drwx------ 5 mysql mysql 170 Jul 17 18:52 virus > > > I am using MacOSX 10.2.6 > > Please help, > > Again, I am extremely grateful for your kind help. > Maciej > > > ************************************************ > Maciej Wiznerowicz MD, PhD > Dpt of Genetics and Microbiology > Faculty of Medecine at University of Geneva > Rue Michel Servet 1, CH-1211 Geneva > Switzerland > Tel. +41-22-3795717 > Fax +41-22-3795702 > > > -- > 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]