Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:47:27 -0700 From: jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: permissions dilemma Message-ID: <11e8c67c0d0f09b07ea6bc52e9447407@prodigy.net> In-Reply-To: <20060428203449.B6EC.GERARD@seibercom.net> References: <2b990b51e5f83c3958da8b4e29645f95@prodigy.net> <20060428203449.B6EC.GERARD@seibercom.net>
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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" >
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