Re: myqsl dummy needs help

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On Monday 16 February 2009, Gordon Messmer wrote:
>Gene Heskett wrote:
>...
>
>> With all due respect Craig, what the hell use is it then when ALL the
>> documentation is wrong?
>
>...
>
>> /tmp itself is drwxr-xr-x  amanda disk   system_u:object_r:tmp_t:s0      
>> tmp
>
>Well, that's totally wrong.  I'm curious about how permissions on /tmp
>got broken.  That's almost certainly what caused the problem.  My guess
>is that the first time mysql started, it began the initialization
>process for the databases in /var/lib/mysql, but failed partially
>through because of the problem with /tmp.  After that, MySQL will not
>continue trying to initialize, so you've got a bad database.
>
>To correct the problem, you need to make sure that /tmp is in good
>order.  It should look like this:
>
># ls -ldZ /tmp
>drwxrwxrwt  root root system_u:object_r:tmp_t:s0       /tmp/
>
>If it doesn't, then "chmod 1777 /tmp" and "chown root:root /tmp"
>
>Next, delete the contents of /var/lib/mysql.  That directory must also
>exist and must have the correct permissions.  It should look like this:
>
>$ ls -ldZ /va/lib/mysql
>drwxr-xr-x  mysql mysql system_u:object_r:mysqld_db_t  /var/lib/mysql
>
>Once those two directories are fixed, you *should* be able to start
>msyql, and use the cli "mysql" and "mysqladmin" tools without a
>password.  If not, check for new SELinux problems.
>
>And with all due respect, the documentation isn't wrong just because it
>doesn't cover recovery from the specific error condition on your host.

See other posts that describe what I did to recover.  Thanks.

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