Hi, During mysql intallation of MySQL on Solaris 8, I got the following problem, launching safe_mysqld : mysql ended #ln -s /space2/MYSQL-DIR/mysql-3.23.32-sun-solaris2.7-sparc /usr/local/mysql # groupadd mysql # useradd -g mysql mysql # cd /usr/local/mysql # scripts/mysql_install_db # chown -R mysql /usr/local/mysql # chgrp -R mysql /usr/local/mysql # bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql & # bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql & 11086 # Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /space2/MYSQL-DIR/mysql-3.23.32-sun-solaris2.7-sparc/data Fin anormale 010212 14:55:38 mysqld ended <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< In mysql/data the error file contains the following : 010212 14:55:37 mysqld started 010212 14:55:37 bdb: /space2/MYSQL-DIR/mysql-3.23.32-sun-solaris2.7-sparc/dataalog.0000000001: Permission denied __db_assert: "0" failed: file "../dist/../common/db_err.c", line 200 010212 14:55:38 mysqld ended <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Jean Rousset IRCOM Universite de Limoges [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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