From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 29 00:47:32 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 F380016A400 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:47:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: from smtp101.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp101.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2918C43D5E for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:47:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: (qmail 49446 invoked from network); 29 Apr 2006 00:47:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?75.7.236.228?) (jekillen@prodigy.net@75.7.236.228 with plain) by smtp101.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Apr 2006 00:47:29 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) In-Reply-To: <20060428203449.B6EC.GERARD@seibercom.net> References: <2b990b51e5f83c3958da8b4e29645f95@prodigy.net> <20060428203449.B6EC.GERARD@seibercom.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <11e8c67c0d0f09b07ea6bc52e9447407@prodigy.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: jekillen Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:47:27 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) Subject: Re: permissions dilemma X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:47:32 -0000 On Apr 28, 2006, at 5:38 PM, Gerard Seibert wrote: > 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 Boy that was fast, I just posted this message a moment ago... No I was just testing it using the mysqld_safe --user=mysql & approach. > > > Why do gas stations lock there bathrooms? Are they afraid that > someone > is going to clean them?" > > Anonymous > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >