Re: (Errcode: 13) after moving data directory
boll wrote: Dominik Klein wrote: Did you check FAT-permissions? When mounting a FAT-partition, you have to set explicit permissions while mounting as FAT does not understand the unix permission concept. Try to mount this way: mount -t vfat -o uid=mysql,gid=mysql,rw,umask=007 /dev/[yourdevicename] /your/mountpoint Hi Dominik, In /etc/fstab the partition is mounted with this line: /dev/hdb2/mnt/FATvfatuid=27,gid=27,umask=000 0 0 ...which I think is the same as what you recommend (uid 27 is "mysql") . What I really don't understand is: Why mysqld will start up and use the dataq on the FAT partition (as I want it to do) if I start it with "mysqld_safe", but when I boot the computer or try, as root, "service mysqld start", it fails to start with these log errors: 060421 08:43:10 mysqld started 060421 8:43:11 [Warning] Can't create test file /mnt/FAT/mysqldata/localhost.lower-test /usr/libexec/mysqld: Can't change dir to '/mnt/FAT/mysqldata/' (Errcode: 13) 060421 8:43:11 [ERROR] Aborting I'm guessing that since mysqld_safe runs as user mysql, maybe mysqld runs as a different user? How would I find that out? I will keep reading the manual, but will be grateful for any ideas. I was able to get mysqld to start at boot, by disabling selinux. Not happy to do it that way, but couldn't find any alternative. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: (Errcode: 13) after moving data directory
Dominik Klein wrote: Did you check FAT-permissions? When mounting a FAT-partition, you have to set explicit permissions while mounting as FAT does not understand the unix permission concept. Try to mount this way: mount -t vfat -o uid=mysql,gid=mysql,rw,umask=007 /dev/[yourdevicename] /your/mountpoint Hi Dominik, In /etc/fstab the partition is mounted with this line: /dev/hdb2/mnt/FATvfatuid=27,gid=27,umask=000 0 0 ...which I think is the same as what you recommend (uid 27 is "mysql") . What I really don't understand is: Why mysqld will start up and use the dataq on the FAT partition (as I want it to do) if I start it with "mysqld_safe", but when I boot the computer or try, as root, "service mysqld start", it fails to start with these log errors: 060421 08:43:10 mysqld started 060421 8:43:11 [Warning] Can't create test file /mnt/FAT/mysqldata/localhost.lower-test /usr/libexec/mysqld: Can't change dir to '/mnt/FAT/mysqldata/' (Errcode: 13) 060421 8:43:11 [ERROR] Aborting I'm guessing that since mysqld_safe runs as user mysql, maybe mysqld runs as a different user? How would I find that out? I will keep reading the manual, but will be grateful for any ideas. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: (Errcode: 13) after moving data directory
boll schrieb: Hi- Using MySQL 4.1.11 on Fedora 4. I moved my data directory to a FAT partition in order to share it with Windows dual-boot. Now when I try to start mysqld normally, it fails with these messages in the log: 060420 18:16:03 mysqld started 060420 18:16:03 [Warning] Can't create test file /mnt/FAT/mysqldata/localhost.lower-test /usr/libexec/mysqld: Can't change dir to '/mnt/FAT/mysqldata/' (Errcode: 13) 060420 18:16:03 [ERROR] Aborting However, I can start mysqld using: mysqld_safe, so I know it's possible. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Did you check FAT-permissions? When mounting a FAT-partition, you have to set explicit permissions while mounting as FAT does not understand the unix permission concept. Try to mount this way: mount -t vfat -o uid=mysql,gid=mysql,rw,umask=007 /dev/[yourdevicename] /your/mountpoint Then it should work. Regards, Dominik -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Errcode: 13) after moving data directory
Hi- Using MySQL 4.1.11 on Fedora 4. I moved my data directory to a FAT partition in order to share it with Windows dual-boot. Now when I try to start mysqld normally, it fails with these messages in the log: 060420 18:16:03 mysqld started 060420 18:16:03 [Warning] Can't create test file /mnt/FAT/mysqldata/localhost.lower-test /usr/libexec/mysqld: Can't change dir to '/mnt/FAT/mysqldata/' (Errcode: 13) 060420 18:16:03 [ERROR] Aborting However, I can start mysqld using: mysqld_safe, so I know it's possible. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
