Thanks, that helped me find the solution. -----Original Message----- From: Diana Soares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 12:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How to correct error code 1006
# perror 13 Error code 13: Permission denied Check the ownership (and permissions) of your <datadir>. Maybe your <datadir> is owned by user "mysql" and not "mysqladmin" and then "mysqladmin" can't write to <datadir>. You may find what your datadir is with: # mysqladmin var | grep datadir Hope this helps, On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 17:42, Jonathan Villa wrote: > I installed MySQL 4.0.14-standard from binary onto a Red Hat 8.0 system. > I always follow the steps described in INSTALL-BINARY as well as review > what shows up when I type ./configure. > > The only thing I did this time around was that I changed the user's name > from mysql to mysqladmin. I get the follow error when trying to create > a new database: > > #1006 - Can't create database 'demo'. (errno: 13) > > Does anyone know the fix to this? -- Diana Soares -- 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]