MySQL Bugs: #37341: Installed files belong to user, not root

Bug #37341	Installed files belong to user, not root
Submitted:	11 Jun 2008 13:12	Modified:	25 Jul 2008 17:52
Reporter:	Kai Voigt	Email Updates:
Status:	No Feedback	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Enterprise Monitor: Installing	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	1.3.2 Release Candidate	OS:	MacOS (10.5)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
When installing the monitor using the installer, the files get the ownership of the installing user, not the root user.

This causes the bultin mysqld not to start because of missing permissons.

How to repeat:
Install the monitor on a fresh MacOSX machine as a standard user. Shutdown the box, try to restart everything and check /Applications/mysql/enterprise/monitor/mysql/data/mysqld.log:

080611 14:50:46  mysqld started
080611 14:50:46 [Warning] Setting lower_case_table_names=2 because file system for /Applications/mysql/enterprise/monitor/mysql/data/ is case insensitive
080611 14:50:46  InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file operation.
InnoDB: The error means mysqld does not have the access rights to
InnoDB: the directory.
InnoDB: File name ./ibdata1
InnoDB: File operation call: 'open'.
InnoDB: Cannot continue operation.
080611 14:50:46  mysqld ended

Suggested fix:
I did the following to get things running.

# cd /Applications
# chown -R root mysql/
# cd /Applications/mysql/enterprise/monitor/mysql/
# chown -R mysql data

Also, the data directory should be non readable for everyone

# chmod 750 data

Seems same as bug #35203

Logged in as a non-root user during installation, I can't reproduce the error. What group does the 'standard user' belong to?

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