Michael Burke wrote:
> InnoDB: See http://www.innodb.com/ibman.html for installation help.
> InnoDB: The error means mysqld does not have the access rights to
> InnoDB: the directory.
> InnoDB: File name ./ibdata1
> InnoDB: File operation call: 'open'.
> InnoDB: Cannot continue operation.
> 031201 20:00:49 mysqld ended
> It seems strange since the only thing I've done is copy my.cnf to /etc.
Did you just now create the my.cnf? My guess is that your data isn't where
mysql is looking.
In the [mysqld] section, there is an entry that says
datadir=/data/directory
