chown -R mysql /var/lib/mysql
( or whatever your data directory is )
System Administrator a.k.a. The Root of the Problem wrote:
> I update to the current version of MySQL. Why did this happen?
>
> ----- Forwarded message from "Virag, Thomas" <TVirag@stripped> -----
>
> From: "Virag, Thomas" <TVirag@stripped>
> To: "'root@stripped'" <root@stripped>
> Subject: MySQL status?
> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 09:44:50 -0600
> Importance: high
> X-Priority: 1
> X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21)
>
> Hello,
>
> Do you have any news about when the MySQL database access will be back to
> normal?
>
> Thank you
> Thomas Virag
> Tel: 412-3659
>
>
>
> If I connect as "tvirag" to the database "mercury" (as I used to) I get the
> following message:
>
> mysql> connect mercury;
>
> Didn't find any fields in table 'associator'
> Didn't find any fields in table 'audit'
> Didn't find any fields in table 'codes'
> Didn't find any fields in table 'contract'
> Didn't find any fields in table 'hits'
> Didn't find any fields in table 'journal'
> Didn't find any fields in table 'product'
> Didn't find any fields in table 'provider'
> Didn't find any fields in table 'request'
> Didn't find any fields in table 'session'
> Didn't find any fields in table 'users'
>
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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Gerald L. Clark
gerald_clark@stripped