Ok I'll try that. -- A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up yours!" On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Rich Caloggero wrote: > It looks like the message you get after running safe_mysqld is a > permissions/ownership problem. You generally need to create a user, call it > mysql, and assign the owner and group of the mysql tree to that user. Set > the permissions of all objects in the tree to be "rwx" for owner, and remove > all permissions for group and world (this would be 700 or "rwx------"). The > documentation on the mysql.com website is very complete and easily > navigable. > > Hope this helps... > > -- Rich Caloggero > MIT Adaptive Tech. for Info. and Computing > > "Coffee should be as black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love." > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: 01 February, 2003 1:21 PM > Subject: re: mysql > > > When I try running the safe_mysql script I get the following: > > > -- > A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up > yours!" > root at h14me:/home/alex_snow# safe_mysqld > Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql > 030201 13:14:50 mysqld ended > > rroot at h14me:/home/alex_snow# safe_mysqld > Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql > 030201 13:14:50 mysqld ended > > r > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >