Hello Lance, Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 4:16:16 PM, you wrote:
>>LU> I have /tmp symlinked to /var/tmp, and /var is a writable partition, >>while / >>LU> is readonly. When / is readonly mysqld is not able to run. >> >>LU> I've tracked down the problem to the safe_mysqld script. The problem is it >>LU> does: >> >>LU> USER_OPTION="" >>LU> if test -w / >>LU> then >>LU> if test "$user" != "root" -o $SET_USER = 1 >>LU> then >>LU> USER_OPTION="--user=$user" >>LU> fi >> >>LU> So if / is not writable then my --user argument gets blown away. Yikes. >> >>LU> I believe this is a bug. If anyone knows why it's like this please let me >>LU> know. Until then I'll be patching my system so I can continue running... >> >>If I got you right, then /usr is readonly, too. In this case hardly >>you can run your FreeBSD box.... LU> Yes. /usr is readonly too. This box is being run as a webserver, so once I LU> setup the world there's no need for it to be writable. All data I need LU> written goes in /var. Well, mea culpa - I've just found the "test -w /" line above. I will check it out. LU> -Lance -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
