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From: Mats Larsson <myrslok@marvin.sko.mh.se>
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Subject: Re: mysql-server-4.1.0_1 refuse to start on 5.1
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perms on var:

marvin# ls -la / | grep var
drwxr-xr-x  20 root  wheel   512 Jul 16 20:51 var

Getting the same error even if a do a chmod 777 on /var, guess something
is fucked up totaly.

the server is started from the default script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/
which starts the db with --user=mysql

// Mats

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Jez Hancock wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 01:10:34AM +0200, Mats Larsson wrote:
> >
> > Hello!
> > MySQL on my server just refuse to start with the following error, the
> > permission is what i se set correctly, anyone got a clue??
> > marvin# ls -la /var/db/ | grep mysql
> > drw-------   2 mysql     mysql      512 Jul 18 01:03 mysql
> What are the perms on /var ?  Is the mysqld definitely running as
> 'mysql'?
> --
> Jez
>
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