mysql-server-4.1.0_1 refuse to start on 5.1

[Mats Larsson]

Hello!
MySQL on my server just refuse to start with the following error, the
permission is what i se set correctly, anyone got a clue??

// Mats

marvin# cat marvin.err
030718 01:03:21  mysqld started
030718  1:03:21  bdb:  /var/db/mysql: Permission denied
030718  1:03:21  bdb:  /var/db/mysql/log.0000000001: Permission denied
030718  1:03:21  bdb:  PANIC: Permission denied
030718  1:03:21  bdb:  PANIC: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database
recovery
030718  1:03:21  bdb:  fatal region error detected; run recovery
030718  1:03:21  bdb:  /var/db/mysql: Permission denied
030718  1:03:21  Can't init databases
030718  1:03:21  Aborting

030718  1:03:21  /usr/local/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown Complete

030718 01:03:21  mysqld ended

marvin# ls -la /var/db/ | grep mysql
drw-------   2 mysql     mysql      512 Jul 18 01:03 mysql

marvin# pw usershow mysql
mysql:*:88:88::0:0:MySQL Daemon:/var/db/mysql:/sbin/nologin

marvin# pw groupshow mysql
mysql:*:88: