On Tuesday, September 02, 2003 5:01 PM CET, Gronquist, Jim M wrote:
> shell> groupadd mysql
> shell> useradd -g mysql mysql
> shell> cd /usr/local
> shell> gunzip < /path/to/mysql-VERSION-OS.tar.gz | tar xvf -
> shell> ln -s full-path-to-mysql-VERSION-OS mysql
> shell> cd mysql
> shell> scripts/mysql_install_db
> shell> chown -R root .
>
> shell> chown -R mysql data
>
> I'm getting the error:
> "data directory doesn't exist"
>
> What is the most likely cause of this?
This looks like a MySQL installation... right?
Well, you already said what the cause is ;)
Then they might just have forgotten to create the directory in the tar.gz
file. Try to create it on your own by
mkdir data
just before the
chown -R mysql datd
This should help.
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