On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Darryl Hoar wrote:
> Greetings,
> I downloaded the mysql-max-3.23.42-pc-sco3.2v5.0.6-i386 from MySQL website.
> I installed it per the INSTALL-BINARY readme file.
>
> When I try (from /usr/local/mysql) issue:
> bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql &
>
> It starts and immediately stops mysqld. The .err file contains
>
> 020904 21:41:45 mysqld started
> 020904 21:41:45 bdb:
> /var/opt/K/SCO/Unix/5.0.6Ga/usr/local/mysql-max-3.23.42-pc-sco3.2v5.0.6-i386
> /data/log.0000000001: Permission denied
> 020904 21:41:45 bdb: PANIC: Permission denied
> 020904 21:41:45 Can't init databases
> 020904 21:41:45 mysqld ended
>
> I have changed the ownership/group as per the instructions and I even went
> so far as to
> set the permission on the data directory to 777. Still no joy.
>
> Any ideas what step I missed?
Below is the S99mysql file I link to both K99mysql in the rc2.d directory.
I make sure eveything related to mysql is owned by the mysq user and start
it with the file below.
Good Luc,
--
Boyd Gerber <gerberb@stripped>
ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047
#!/bin/sh
# Copyright Abandoned 1996 TCX DataKonsult AB & Monty Program KB & Detron HB
# This file is public domain and comes with NO WARRANTY of any kind
# Mysql deamon start/stop script.
# Usually this is put in /etc/init.d (at least on machines SYSV R4
# based systems) and linked to /etc/rc3.d/S99mysql. When this is done
# the mysql server will be started when the machine is started.
PATH=:/bin:/etc:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/tcb/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/local/ubin:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/ccs/lib:/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql:/usr/local/bdb/lib:
export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH
basedir=/usr/local/mysql
bindir=/usr/local/mysql/bin
mode=$1
# The following test may be removed if mysqld isn't to be run as root.
# if test ! -w /
# then
# echo "$0: this script must be run as root ... fatal error"
# exit 1
# fi
# Safeguard (relative paths, core dumps..)
cd $basedir
case "$mode" in
'start')
# Start deamon
if test -x $bindir/safe_mysqld
then
# -l means start with log.
/bin/su mysql -c "$bindir/safe_mysqld --user=mysql -l &"
else
echo "Can't execute $bindir/safe_mysqld"
fi
;;
'stop')
# Stop deamon
$bindir/mysqladmin shutdown
;;
*)
# usage
echo "usage: $0 start|stop"
exit 1
;;
esac
