From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 29 00:38:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68FAE16A404 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:38:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from smtp5.suscom.net (smtp5.suscom.net [64.78.83.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE5C643D45 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:38:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by smtp5.suscom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BA5C5100F9 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:38:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp5.suscom.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp5 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 08896-01-78 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:38:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from seibercom.net (ip148.217.45.216.suscom.net [216.45.217.148]) by smtp5.suscom.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 084335100F4 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:38:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.4] ([192.168.0.4]) by seibercom.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k3T0bxVL093701 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:38:00 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:38:03 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: gerard@seibercom.net Organization: Seibercom In-Reply-To: <2b990b51e5f83c3958da8b4e29645f95@prodigy.net> References: <2b990b51e5f83c3958da8b4e29645f95@prodigy.net> X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Message-Id: <20060428203449.B6EC.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.25 [en] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new .250 at suscom.net Subject: Re: permissions dilemma X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:38:21 -0000 jekillen wrote: > Hello: > I have had a problem with installing MySQL 5.0.18 on a FreeBSD v 6.0 > installation > where everything seems to compile and install correctly but the server > crashes > immediately on start up with permission to create/write it's .pid file > denied. > Then the screen saver daemon refuses to start in X windows with a > permission denied > error. It originally worked fine. But at some point recently the screen > saver quit working. > When I went to Gnome preferences and tried to set the screen saver I was > informed that the screen saver daemon wasn't running. When I tried to > have it > start I was presented with the permission denied error and to check the > $path > variable. > I tried installing MySQL twice, each time with the same problem. > As I understand it, permissions in Unix are part of the file system > format. > The only possible link between MySQL and the screen saver daemon, > possibly, is the > mysql user needed to run mysqld. > > Could I have a corrupted file system in such a way as to cause > permission problems? > > thanks in advance. > JK Are you starting MySQL with the script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ upon bootup? -- Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net Why do gas stations lock there bathrooms? Are they afraid that someone is going to clean them?" Anonymous