mysql in a jail not starting

[Beech Rintoul]

On Thursday 30 August 2007, Jonathan Horne said:
> i have had many jails, and have never really had any problems with
> them until this one.  for some reason, mysql wont start.  nothing
> else is having any trouble starting, which is strange.
>
> is there a log file i can look in that might give me some clues as
> to whats going on?  mysql_enable="YES" is in my rc.conf, and when i
> start it i get:
>
> antares# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server start
> Starting mysql.
> antares# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server status
> mysql is not running.
>
> any tips for troubleshooting this would be apprciated.  TIA,

Read the *.err files in /var/db/mysql. It should tell you why it's 
failing.

Beech

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