nevermind that webmaster stuff...wrong 'send as' setting... On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 12:59, HPGM Webmaster wrote: > 1.- did you create the data dir as root? > > chown mysql.mysql -R /var/dir-where-you-install > Well, the data dir was created when I untarred mysql... > > 2.- who owns the mysql data dir and it's parent dirs? > drwxrwxr-x 4 mysql mysql 4096 Mar 3 21:07 data > > and the parent dir is owned by root, should I try making the > /usr/local/mysql dir owned by mysql? > > > ls -lka /var/dir-where-you-installed > > 3.- try using mysql client > Never used this before, I will try... > > here is an ls -la from /usr/local/mysql > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mysql]# ls -la /usr/local/mysql > total 92 > drwxrwx--- 14 root mysql 4096 Mar 3 02:35 . > drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Mar 3 02:27 .. > drwxrwx--- 2 root mysql 4096 Feb 10 12:59 bin > -rwxrwx--- 1 root mysql 773 Feb 10 12:59 configure > -rwxrwx--- 1 root mysql 19106 Feb 10 12:50 COPYING > drwxrwxr-x 4 mysql mysql 4096 Mar 3 21:07 data > drwxrwx--- 2 root mysql 4096 Feb 10 12:59 docs > drwxrwx--- 2 root mysql 4096 Feb 10 12:59 include > -rwxrwx--- 1 root mysql 7633 Feb 10 12:50 INSTALL-BINARY > drwxrwx--- 2 root mysql 4096 Feb 10 12:59 lib > drwxrwx--- 3 root mysql 4096 Feb 10 12:59 man > drwxrwx--- 6 root mysql 4096 Feb 10 12:59 mysql-test > -rwxrwx--- 1 root mysql 1937 Feb 10 12:15 README > drwxrwx--- 2 root mysql 4096 Feb 10 12:59 scripts > drwxrwx--- 3 root mysql 4096 Feb 10 12:59 share > drwxrwx--- 5 root mysql 4096 Feb 10 12:59 sql-bench > drwxrwx--- 2 root mysql 4096 Feb 10 12:59 support-files > drwxrwx--- 2 root mysql 4096 Feb 10 12:59 tests > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 07:27, Victor Medina wrote: > > A few things to try: > > > > 1.- did you create the data dir as root? > > chown mysql.mysql -R /var/dir-where-you-install > > 2.- who owns the mysql data dir and it's parent dirs? > > ls -lka /var/dir-where-you-installed > > 3.- try using mysql client > > > > Best Regards > > On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 21:55, Jonathan Villa wrote: > > > Ok, I have installed MySQL many times and have never come across this... > > > > > > when try to run > > > > > > ./bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password' > > > > > > I get the following > > > > > > ./bin/mysqladmin: unable to change password; error: 'Table 'user' is > > > read only' > > > > > > I've never had this happen, and unfortunately do not know enough about > > > read/write perms on tables to try to debug it. > > > > > > I promise that I'll study up on it, but right now I'm kinda of in > > > rush... > > > > > > I'm using : mysql-standard-4.0.18-pc-linux-i686.tar.gz > > > > > > thanks! > > > > -- > > > > |...........................................................| > > |____ _____ ____ _ |Victor Medina M | > > |\ \ \| ____| _ \ / \ |Linux - Java - MySQL | > > | \ \ \ _| | |_) / _ \ |Dpto. Sistemas - Ferreteria EPA | > > | / / / |___| __/ ___ \ |[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > |/_/_/|_____|_| /_/ \_\|ext. 325 - Tél: +58-241-8507325 | > > | |geek by nature - linux by choice | > > |...........................................................| > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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