Bug 622744 - /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld - cannot touch `/var/lock/subsys/mysqld': Permission denied
Summary: /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld - cannot touch `/var/lock/subsys/mysqld': Permission ...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: mysql
Version: 5.5
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Tom Lane
QA Contact: qe-baseos-daemons
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-08-10 10:21 UTC by timlank
Modified: 2013-07-03 03:32 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2010-08-10 13:53:24 UTC
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Description timlank 2010-08-10 10:21:08 UTC
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

Comment 1 Tom Lane 2010-08-10 13:53:24 UTC
Not a bug --- initscripts invariably are expected to run as root.


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