Description of problem:
trying to start /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld as the mysql user results in the following error from the init script hardcoding:
touch: cannot touch `/var/lock/subsys/mysqld': Permission denied

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL 5.4
mysql-server-5.0.77-4.el5_4.2.x86_64

How reproducible: every time


Steps to Reproduce:
1. login as the mysql user account
2. run /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld start
3.
  
Actual results: mysqld_safe and mysqld start just fine, but the lock file is not created because of permissions in of the /var/lock/subsys directory as hardcoded in the init script

Expected results:
the error would not appear

Additional info:
please have the package maintainer re-visit the explicit pathing of this lock file location in the init script