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[Brian Candler]

On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 12:39:38AM +0300, Ronnie Tash wrote:
> when installing mysql when i run this command $chown -R mysql:mysql
> /var/db/mysql it tell me
> chown: /var/db/msql: No Such file or directory
> any body out there pliz help.

I'm not sure why exim-users was copied in on this mail, so I'm removing it
from the cc list.

The simple answer to why that command says "No such file or directory" is
because there is no directory called /var/db/msql on your system (or
/var/db/mysql, if you miscopied the error message)

It's impossible to give you a longer answer unless you describe exactly what
operating system you are running, where you obtained the mysql package, and
how you installed it.

For example, if you are running mysql under FreeBSD, and you installed mysql
from the ports collection, then yes indeed its database information would be
stored under /var/db/mysql; I believe this is created when you start the
server.

However, if you are running a different O/S, or you downloaded a mysql
binary tarball directly from www.mysql.org, then it will install somewhere
else (perhaps under /usr/local/mysql).

We can't give you more information on where the actual location of that
directory is without more information from you.

Brian.