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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Simon Waters wrote: > Neil Winchurst wrote: >> It seems strange to me that mysql should set itself >> up needing to use certain folders and files and yet not have the >> permissions set up accordingly. > > It may be that you started it as the wrong user first time. > > If it is using "/root/tmp" (or "/root") something is hideously wrong. > > But hard to advise as I don't use Mandriva -- the distro I uses installs > MySQL and starts it, and gets the permissions right first time, when > asked to -- but it may not be Mandrivas fault, it could be you broke > something. > > Suggest you get a test box, install Mandriva from scratch, and stick > MySQL in straight away before changing anything, see if that works a tad > better, and might shed some light on what went wrong (or if the package > is indeed broken). > Be brutal, rip it out, including config.. and reinstall it.. what do you have to loose ? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEozxUz3Av8JKgzxQRAn4wAJ9v26GX+wCCnoVsv6AWor/INm+DPgCeLqB6 9s/QIc0wObPGBVVO4sjXlsA= =mmFh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html