Warning the user/local/mysql/data directory is not owned by the mysql user

Question

I can\'t start the mysql service in Snow Leopard, and in the panel prefs appears the message,

warning the user/local/mysql/data directory is not owned

Answer 1

This work for me in El Capitan & Sierra

sudo chown -R _mysql:wheel /usr/local/mysql/data

That's it.

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Update: to fix auto start

I found it more useful if you fix Auto Starting too:

sudo nano /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysql.plist

And paste in:

  
    KeepAlive
    
    Label
    com.mysql.mysqld
    ProgramArguments
    
      /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe
      --user=mysql
            
  

Save it and then:

sudo chown root:wheel /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysql.plist
sudo chmod 644 /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysql.plist
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysql.plist

Then it will load on a restart.

Reference: https://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/get-apache-mysql-php-phpmyadmin-working-osx-10-10-yosemite/