[lug] MySql problem

[Terry Branaman]

On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 18:28, D. Stimits wrote:
> Terry Branaman wrote:
> 
> > I can't get MySql to start.
> >
> > 030401 21:10:56  Can't start server : Bind on unix socket: Permission
> > denied

> The directory where the lock is being written requires write permission 
> under the name of the user that does the write. This *might* cause failure.
> 
> D. Stimits, stimits AT attbi DOT com
> 
Thanks, that was it. The installation left the owner and group for the
/var/lib/mysql directory as root; I changed them to the mysql user and
everything works fine.