MySQL, copying tables files gives rise to “ERROR 1017 (HY000): Can't find file:” even though its there there

Question

I want to copy the database tables from my production server to a local test machine so I can perform test om (copies of) the real data.

I stopped mysql and deleted

Answer 1

Try following things:

• repair whole database
• change permission to mysql:mysql
• restart mysql service

One of these will work.