Re: Mysqld fails to start

[Baron Schwartz]

Hello JD,

You need to look beyond the first error messages:

> /usr/libexec/mysqld: Table 'mysql.plugin' doesn't exist
> 090127 10:00:30 [ERROR] Can't open the mysql.plugin table. Please run
> mysql_upgrade to create it.

but keep reading:

> 090127 10:00:30  InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file
> operation.
> 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.

That's what is really keeping mysqld from starting.  You just need to
chown/chmod the data directory or run mysqld as the proper user.