From: Michael Dykman
Date: November 15 2011 1:11pm
Subject: Re: PID and LOG file
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mysqld_safe might not know where your config file is located.  You can
specify it's location at the command line with
--defaults-file=3Dfile_name

alternatively, you could specify the location of your log file thus:
--log-error=3Dfile_name

 other options found at
   http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqld-safe.html

 - michael dykman

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 7:31 AM, javad bakhshi <javadbakhshi@stripped> wro=
te:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install Mysql on linux which I don't have a root access. I=
 have done the folowing :
>
> 1. Download source files from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ and u=
n-tar thwm
> 2. configure the instalation using ./configure as:
> =A0=A0=A0 CFLAGS=3D"-O3" CXX=3Dgcc CXXFLAGS=3D"-O3 -felide-constructors -=
fno-exceptions -fno-rtti" ; \
> ./configure --prefix=3D/bubo/home/h10/javad/scratch/mysql \
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 --enable-assembler \
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 --with-mysqld-ldflags=3D-all-static \
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 --with-client-ldflags=3D-all-static \
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 --with-mysqld-user=3Djavad \
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 --with-unix-socket-path=3D/bubo/home/h1=
0/javad/scratch/mysql/tmp/mysql.sock \
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 --localstatedir=3D/bubo/home/h10/javad/=
scratch/mysql/share \
> =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 --datadir=3D/bubo/home/h10/javad/scratch/=
mysql/data\
> =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0 =A0=A0 --enable-thread-safe-client
>
> 3. execute ./bin/mysql_install_db
> 4. execute bin/mysqld_safe & to run mysql. but at this point I get the fo=
lowing error:
> =A0=A0=A0 Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /bubo/home/h10/javad=
/scratch/mysql/data
> =A0=A0=A0 ./bin/mysqld_safe: line 394: /var/log/mysqld.log: Permission de=
nied
> =A0=A0=A0 ./bin/mysqld_safe: line 402: /var/log/mysqld.log: Permission de=
nied
> =A0=A0=A0 STOPPING server from pid file /bubo/home/h10/javad/scratch/mysq=
l/data/the.pid
> =A0=A0=A0 tee: /var/log/mysqld.log: Permission denied
> =A0=A0=A0 111115 13:14:18=A0 mysqld ended
> =A0=A0=A0 tee: /var/log/mysqld.log: Permission denied
>
> I don't know why I get this error since I have changed the my.cnf to
> =A0=A0=A0 err-log=3D/bubo/home/h10/javad/scratch/mysql/data/the.log
> =A0=A0=A0 pid-file=3D/bubo/home/h10/javad/scratch/mysql/data/the.pid
>
>
>
>
>
> Best regards,
> Javad Bakhshi,
>



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