[digiKam-users] What are correct permissions for /var/lib/mysql?

[Steven Gaffagan]

I tried your suggestions (chown -R mysql:mysql with a 755 permission 
setting) but the error messaged returns.


On 1/29/19 11:17 AM, Gerhard Hoogterp wrote:
> On dinsdag 29 januari 2019 20:00:47 CET Steven Gaffagan wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Installed digikam in Arch Linux. Set up mariadb and got it running. I am
>> trying to use the internal server option for mariadb. However, when I
>> launched digikam I received:
>>
>> An error occurred during the internal server start.
>> Details: Cannot create directory /var/lib/mysql/.mysql.digikam/db_data
>>
>> I went back and created that: sudo /usr/bin/mysqld_safe
>> --datadir='/var/lib/mysql/.mysql.digikam/db_data'
>>
>> Still received same error message.
>>
>> The owner and group of the file were mysql. Changing permissions: sudo
>> chmod 777 -R mysql/ allowed digikam to launch without error.
> would chown -R mysql:mysql /path/to/directory help?
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/295457/mysql-datadir-on-different-hard-drive
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