Re: difficulty starting mysql server

[bcml@swiftdsl.com.au]

> $ mysqld_safe --user=mysql &
> [1] 687
> $ Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
> /usr/bin/mysqld_safe: line 300: /var/log/mysql/mysql.err: Permission
> denied
> /usr/bin/mysqld_safe: line 1: /var/log/mysql/mysql.err: Permission denied
> tee: /var/log/mysql/mysql.err: Permission denied
> 041201 17:05:41  mysqld ended
> tee: /var/log/mysql/mysql.err: Permission denied

It looks as though you will have to change the permissions on the
/var/log/mysql directory to allow the mysql group to write to the
files/firectory using "chmod" ("man chmod" for details)

HTH