Re: Newbie--Easy data loading question

[Gerald Clark]

Because mysql needs 'rx' permissions to read and search the directory. 
 755 should have been sufficient.

Menard, Inc. Information Systems wrote:

>I figured it out but I'm a bit confused as to why it happened.
>I'm running the load as user1. The file resides at /home/user1/data/filename
>Permissions:
>filename 666
>data 777
>user1 700
>
>I had to change permissions on user1 to 777 in order for it to work. If I'm
>logged in as that user, why would I have to do that???
>