I emerge mysql normally, but cannot create the grant tables in any way: I run #mysql_install_db and it seems to generate them, but it doesn't! When I start the server, it automatically crashes and I have to zap it in order to stop it. The only way I found to start the server without trouble is doing #mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables & but I'm unsure on how to make the tables that manually. This is described: mysqld crashes immediately If you are running Red Hat Version 5.0 with a version of glibc older than 2.0.7-5, you should make sure you have installed all glibc patches. There is a lot of information about this in the MySQL mail archives. Links to the mail archives are available online at http://lists.mysql.com/. Also, see section 2.6.2 Linux Notes (All Linux Versions). You can also start mysqld manually using the --skip-grant-tables option and add the privilege information yourself using mysql: shell> BINDIR/mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables & shell> BINDIR/mysql -u root mysql From mysql, manually execute the SQL commands in mysql_install_db. Make sure you run mysqladmin flush-privileges or mysqladmin reload afterward to tell the server to reload the grant tables. ** Bellow everything that I checked: **
I emerge mysql normally, but cannot create the grant tables in any way: I run #mysql_install_db and it seems to generate them, but it doesn't! When I start the server, it automatically crashes and I have to zap it in order to stop it. The only way I found to start the server without trouble is doing #mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables & but I'm unsure on how to make the tables that manually. This is described: mysqld crashes immediately If you are running Red Hat Version 5.0 with a version of glibc older than 2.0.7-5, you should make sure you have installed all glibc patches. There is a lot of information about this in the MySQL mail archives. Links to the mail archives are available online at http://lists.mysql.com/. Also, see section 2.6.2 Linux Notes (All Linux Versions). You can also start mysqld manually using the --skip-grant-tables option and add the privilege information yourself using mysql: shell> BINDIR/mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables & shell> BINDIR/mysql -u root mysql From mysql, manually execute the SQL commands in mysql_install_db. Make sure you run mysqladmin flush-privileges or mysqladmin reload afterward to tell the server to reload the grant tables. ** Bellow everything that I checked: ** · etc-update didn't do anything. · root@BlackHat lib # /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql 030915 12:50:17 mysqld ended ·mysqld.err 030915 12:50:17 mysqld started Warning: Ignoring user change to 'mysql' because the user was set to 'mysql' earlier on the $ 030915 12:50:17 Fatal error: Can't open privilege tables: Can't find file: './mysql/host.fr$ 030915 12:50:17 Aborting 030915 12:50:17 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 030915 12:50:17 mysqld ended · mysql.log & mysql.err are empy. · root@BlackHat lib # ebuild /var/db/pkg/dev-db/mysql*/*.ebuild config * Hmm, it appears as though you already have the mysql * database in place. If you are having problems trying * to start mysqld, perhaps you need to manually run * /usr/bin/mysql_install_db and/or check your config * file(s) and/or database(s) and/or logfile(s). · root@BlackHat lib # dmesg | grep socket Initializing RT netlink socket NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0. And also I get: root@BlackHat bin # ./mysql_fix_privilege_tables This scripts updates the mysql.user, mysql.db, mysql.host and the mysql.func tables to MySQL 3.22.14 and above. This is needed if you want to use the new GRANT functions, CREATE AGGREGATE FUNCTION or want to use the more secure passwords in 3.23 If you get 'Access denied' errors, you should run this script again and give the MySQL root user password as an argument! Converting all privilege tables to MyISAM format ERROR 1017 at line 1: Can't find file: './mysql/user.frm' (errno: 13) ERROR 1017 at line 2: Can't find file: './mysql/db.frm' (errno: 13) ERROR 1017 at line 3: Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13) ERROR 1017 at line 4: Can't find file: './mysql/func.frm' (errno: 13) ERROR 1017 at line 5: Can't find file: './mysql/columns_priv.frm' (errno: 13) ERROR 1017 at line 6: Can't find file: './mysql/tables_priv.frm' (errno: 13) and even more errors of the same type. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge mysql 2.mysql_install_db Actual Results: Unable to set up mysql to run correctly. Expected Results: Grant tables should have been created and mysql started successfully. 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Don't run it manually. look at the postinst message after mysql installs and use that "ebuild /var/db/pkg/dev-db/mysql-4*/mysql-4*.ebuild config" command to set up the initial table structure. That crash shows you do not have the permissions set correctly on the tables, which is carried out by the ebuild config step.
You hurried to resolve the bug as invalid... your resolution is the invalid one though... root@BlackHat / # ebuild /var/db/pkg/dev-db/mysql-4.0.15/mysql-4.0.15.ebuild config * Hmm, it appears as though you already have the mysql * database in place. If you are having problems trying * to start mysqld, perhaps you need to manually run * /usr/bin/mysql_install_db and/or check your config * file(s) and/or database(s) and/or logfile(s).
Why don't you better tell me where are the tables located? I could try to remove them and re-run the config command.
rm -rf /var/lib/mysql then do the ebuild config step again your original posting is still invalid. you said: "I emerge mysql normally, but cannot create the grant tables in any way:" this indicates that the message telling you how to setup the tables (ebuild config) was ignored.
All right... thanks for your help and excuse my bad modals.
This seems to have been fixed, works here at least, and the bug is 3 years old... Closing now. Best regards, CHTEKK.
