mysqlloggingcentospermission-denied

cannot touch `/var/log/mysqld.log': Permission denied

i have reinstalled mysql server in cent OS RHEL5.5 , Im getting the following error 

touch: cannot touch `/var/log/mysqld.log': Permission denied

chown: changing ownership of `/var/log/mysqld.log': Operation not permitted

chmod: changing permissions of `/var/log/mysqld.log': Operation not permitted

MySQL Daemon failed to start.

Starting mysqld:                                           [FAILED]

I have checked the permissions for log files , its having correct permissions as mysql user

-rw-r----- 1 mysql mysql   5931 Mar  9 04:36 mysqld.log

Please let me know the issue on this and how to solve it.

Thanks

Solution

  • Ok. I have solved the issue,

    $ /usr/libexec/mysqld --skip-grant &

    [1] 5388

    InnoDB: Error: log file ./ib_logfile0 is of different size 0 50331648 bytes

    InnoDB: than specified in the .cnf file 0 5242880 bytes! 150312 10:03:28 [Note] /usr/libexec/mysqld: ready for connections. Version: '5.0.95' socket: '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' port: 3306 Source distribution

    $ rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/ib_logfile0

    $ rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/ib_logfile1

    $ ls -l /var/lib/mysql

    i have removed the log files and restart the mysql server.

    Thanks