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Unable to start mysqld-max
| Error Message: | Timeout error occurred trying to start MySQL Daemon |
| Kernel: | 2.6.16.27.tex1.lve |
| Apache: | 2.0.54 |
| MySQL: | 4.1.12-Max |
| PHP: | 5.0.4 |
| Log output ( /var/log/mysqld/mysqld.log) shows; |
| ...................................................................................................... 070220 15:10:47 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld-max: Can't read dir of '/home/webmaster/mysql/.tmp/' (Errcode: 13) 070220 15:10:47 [ERROR] bdb: /home/webmaster/mysql: Permission denied 070220 15:10:47 [ERROR] bdb: /home/webmaster/mysql/log.0000000001: Permission denied 070220 15:10:47 [ERROR] bdb: PANIC: Permission denied 070220 15:10:47 [ERROR] bdb: PANIC: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database mysql recovery 070220 15:10:47 [ERROR] bdb: fatal region error detected; run recovery 070220 15:10:47 [ERROR] bdb: /home/webmaster/mysql: Permission denied /usr/sbin/mysqld-max: Can't create/write to file '/home/webmaster/mysql/.tmp/ib5Ea9bn' (Errcode: 13) 070220 15:10:47 InnoDB: Error: unable to create temporary file; errno: 13 070220 15:10:47 [ERROR] Can't init databases 070220 15:10:47 [ERROR] Aborting 070220 15:10:47 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld-max: Shutdown complete ................................................................................................................. |
SOLVED BY: Setting the execute bit for others (not just user and group ),
even on the parent directory, i.e. in this case /home/webmaster/