mysql error : ERROR 1018 (HY000): Can't read dir of '.' (errno: 13)

Question

when i try to view the databases in mysql i get this error:

ERROR 1018 (HY000): Can\'t read dir of \'.\' (errno: 13)

And that stops my app

Answer 1

For Us OS X Users, this should work:

sudo chown -R mysql:mysql /usr/local/mysql/
sudo chmod -R 755 /usr/local/mysql/

Edit: Depending on how you installed mysql your mileage my vary. I installed using the mysql community server dmg installer on mysql.com

If this doesn't work, try running which mysql to see where your mysql installation is located, and then replace /usr/local/mysql/ in the command above with whatever is before the 'bin' directory.

For example, on my system which mysql produces the following output: /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql

so my path is /usr/local/mysql/