I asked this question on MySQL forums and did not get an answer, so I will try here.
I recently successfully installed the 64-bit version of mysql-5.5.8 on a MacBook Pro in the / usr / local directory.
To access completely unrelated software (RVM actually), I chown-ed my / usr / local directory in USER, which made MySQL unhappy. He particularly complained about the directory / usr / local / mysql / data, so I edited this directory on _mysql: wheel.
Everything seems to work again, but it made me wonder if it would be better to change the owner of the whole / usr / local / mysql directory, and not just the data subdirectory.
Since I neglected to take notes on which owner works by default, can someone tell me which owner and permissions for the / usr / local / mysql directory are by default if you do not accidentally screw it in? : - /
I assume rwxr-xr-x will be suitable for permissions (that the data directory currently has and seems to be working fine), but reinforcement for this hunch would be appreciated.
Thanks for any help.
Steve
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