permissions dilemma

Hello:
I have had a problem with installing MySQL 5.0.18 on a
FreeBSD v 6.0 
installation
where everything seems to compile and install correctly but
the server 
crashes
immediately on start up with permission to create/write
it's .pid file 
denied.
Then the screen saver daemon refuses to start in X windows
with a 
permission denied
error. It originally worked fine. But at some point recently
the screen 
saver quit working.
When I went to Gnome preferences and tried to set the screen
saver I was
informed that the screen saver daemon wasn't running. When
I tried to 
have it
start I was presented with the permission denied error and
to check the 
$path
variable.
I tried installing MySQL twice, each time with the same
problem.
As I understand it, permissions in Unix are part of the file
system 
format.
The only possible link between MySQL and the screen saver
daemon, 
possibly, is the
mysql user needed to run mysqld.

Could I have a corrupted file system in such a way as to
cause 
permission problems?

thanks in advance.
JK

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jekillen wrote:

> Hello:
> I have had a problem with installing MySQL 5.0.18 on a
FreeBSD v 6.0 
> installation
> where everything seems to compile and install correctly
but the server 
> crashes
> immediately on start up with permission to create/write
it's .pid file 
> denied.
> Then the screen saver daemon refuses to start in X
windows with a 
> permission denied
> error. It originally worked fine. But at some point
recently the screen 
> saver quit working.
> When I went to Gnome preferences and tried to set the
screen saver I was
> informed that the screen saver daemon wasn't running.
When I tried to 
> have it
> start I was presented with the permission denied error
and to check the 
> $path
> variable.
> I tried installing MySQL twice, each time with the same
problem.
> As I understand it, permissions in Unix are part of the
file system 
> format.
> The only possible link between MySQL and the screen
saver daemon, 
> possibly, is the
> mysql user needed to run mysqld.
> 
> Could I have a corrupted file system in such a way as
to cause 
> permission problems?
> 
> thanks in advance.
> JK

Are you starting MySQL with the script in
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/ upon
bootup?

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Gerard Seibert
gerardseibercom.net


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