Unable to migrate embedded db to external mysql.

[Ben Cooksley]

On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 2:44 AM, tris_r <trisroger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Sharing a DB between two machines is not currently supported;
>
> Thanks for the heads up. I'll have a look into backing up the db before
> testing it too much.  I'll let you know how it goes if I get up and running.
>
>>Have you checked permissions on the my.cnf file/mysqle directory? Both
>>the first error (not being able to open the my.cnf file) and the last
>>one ("mysqld does not have access rights to the directory") seem to
>>pretty clearly indicate that there's a permissions problem.
>
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Perhaps check for Apparmor / SELinux / etc. since MySQL is usually one
of the things that gets restricted, and it would prevent it from
opening the port, and definitely stop it from accessing the files.

Ben