From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 12 12:40:31 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49802106566C for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:40:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bounces@nabble.com) Received: from kuber.nabble.com (kuber.nabble.com [216.139.236.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D3308FC0C for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:40:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from isper.nabble.com ([192.168.236.156]) by kuber.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1NUg2v-0003fw-Nk for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:40:29 -0800 Message-ID: <27126987.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:40:29 -0800 (PST) From: jaymax To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <27100257.post@talk.nabble.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Nabble-From: jaymax36@gmail.com References: <27100257.post@talk.nabble.com> Subject: Re: Catastrophic Installation Failure now! 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: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:40:31 -0000 The problem was caused by a permission change in the mysql data directory, in my case /disk02/db/mysql/DATA - why and how is beyond my comprehension. It would be a good tactic for developers to to include a troubleshooting script to check directory permissions in installations, as this is such a common problem. At a minimum a simple checklist would help. I have had situations where I have looked at files/directories after an installation and could not tell what it should be. Thanks again! jaymax wrote: > > MAJOR SCREWUP > > I was frustrated by a failure to create a ROOT password and decided to do > a clean reinstall > Did a "make deinstall" from the following ports > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Catastrophic-Installation-Failure-now%21-tp27100257p27126987.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com.