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Re: [Sheflug] MySQL
On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 02:10:48PM +0100, Chris Johnson wrote:
>
> I've run into a wall (again) this time with an install of MySQL. Its on a
> 5GB/196MB/k6-400 laptop with Suse 8.2 on it. The mysqld keeps shutting
> itself
> down with the following error:
> 031008 13:23:19 mysqld started
> /usr/sbin/mysqld: File './linux-bin.index' not found (Errcode: 13)
> 031008 13:23:19 Could not use linux-bin for logging (error 13)
Error 13 is usually 'permission deined' in UNIX.
The file or directory probably needs to be owned by the relevant mysql
user. (This is off the top my head - haven't installed mysql for ages.)
> 031008 13:23:19 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm'
> (errno:
> 13)
> 031008 13:23:19 mysqld ended
>
> The file linux-bin.index does exist in /var/lib/mysql/
>
> and host.frm exists in /var/lib/mysql/mysql
>
> I've checked /etc/my.cnf to see if there is any reference to
> /usr/sbin/mysqld
> but there isn't. It seems that a path is set to this somewhere but I don't
> know where.
>
> I've run mysqld -b=/var/lib/mysql
>
> but I get
> mysqld:Fatal Error : Can't find messagefile
> '=/var/lib/mysql/share/mysql/english/errmsg.sys'
>
> but this file exists in /usr/share/mysql/english
> which would presumably be picked up OK if I hadn't just changed the base dir
> using the -b switch.
>
> Aargh
> Any hints appreciated.
>
> Chris Johnson
> (No not that one, the other one!)
> (running SUSE 8.2, 512MB PIII 600 (ish))
>
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