Re: Starting Mysql service.. Problem

On 7/7/06, Jean-Sebastien Pilon <jspilon@penson.ca> wrote:

# apt-get remove mysql-server
# apt-get --purge mysql-server
# apt-get install mysql-server

Their might be other packages you want to do the same ;)

Mysql-common may be a good candidate
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well guys....
the command didn`t work.
but the user that the system is using for change the permission on the folder i getting denied access... Why?
if it is supossed that user have the admin purpose in the service or the database of mysql

linux-debian:~# chmod u+w /var/run/mysqld
linux-debian:~# /etc/init.d/mysql start
Starting MySQL database server: mysqld.
/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user: ' debian-sys-maint@localhost' (Using password: YES)'
Checking for crashed MySQL tables in the background.
linux-debian:~# /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user: ' debian-sys-maint@localhost' (Using password: YES)'
On 7/6/06, Conrad Williams <conrad_williams@iprimus.com.au > wrote:
Try making the directory writable. Don't know why the permissions have been changed, but...

# chmod u+w /var/run/mysqld

dr-xr-xr-x 2 mysql root 4096 2006-07-04 07:30 .
^ this is not writable for the mysql user.
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