MySql5 install on SnowLeopard, problems starting

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Oct 10, 2010, at 21:17, Samuel V Green III wrote:

> Just installed via : sudo port install  mysql5-server
> 
> Then I issued following command :
> 
> sudo -u _mysql mysql_install_db5
> 
> GOT THE FOLLOWING OUTPUT:
> 
> shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
> job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
> job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
> job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
> job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
> job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
> Installing MySQL system tables...
> job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
> job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
> job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
> OK
> Filling help tables...
> job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
> job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
> OK

Ok... looks like there was a problem related to getting the current working directory (getcwd). Were you in some strange directory while running that command? It doesn't look like it caused a problem filling the tables, though.