Bug #64604 mysqld cannot find mysql-bin.index
Submitted: 9 Mar 2012 20:20 Modified: 16 Apr 2012 13:28
Reporter: Steve Stevenson Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Installing Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.5 OS:MacOS (10.6.8)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: Failure, mysql-bin.index, mysqld, startup

[9 Mar 2012 20:20] Steve Stevenson 
Description:
bash-3.2$ mysqld &
[1] 13904
bash-3.2$ 120309 15:16:20 [Warning] Can't create test file /usr/local/mysql-5.6.4-m7-osx10.6-x86_64/data/unknowne0f84706a33c.lower-test
120309 15:16:20 [Warning] Can't create test file /usr/local/mysql-5.6.4-m7-osx10.6-x86_64/data/unknowne0f84706a33c.lower-test
mysqld: File './mysql-bin.index' not found (Errcode: 13)
120309 15:16:20 [ERROR] Aborting

120309 15:16:20 [Note] Binlog end
120309 15:16:20 [Note] mysqld: Shutdown complete

/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql-bin.index:
bash-3.2$ pwd
/usr/local/mysql/bin
bash-3.2$ ls -l mysql-bin.index
-rwxrwxr-x  1 _mysql  _mysql  0 Feb 11 16:25 mysql-bin.index
bash-3.2$ 

How to repeat:
This occurs on first attempt to use mysql after installation on MacBookPro
[10 Mar 2012 8:50] Valeriy Kravchuk 
What exact version is it, 5.5.x or 5.6.4? Had you tried to start MySQL server with sudo (error 13 is about permission denied)?
[11 Apr 2012 1:00] Bugs System 
No feedback was provided for this bug for over a month, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".
[16 Apr 2012 13:28] Steve Stevenson 
I reinstalled everything and that solved the problem.