Xampp Won't Startup MySQL server on Mac OSX?

Question

I\'m on a Mac OSX Mountain Lion. Xampp won\'t let me start MySQL server.

I have set the permissions to Read/Write for everyone and every file in the XAMPP folder.

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Answer 1

chmod -R 777 /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var

fixed the problem for me. Refer - StackOverflow question

However do not do this in production servers, you may need to change the owner or group (chown or chgrp to resolve the problem.