mysql> create database test; ERROR 1006 (HY000): Can't create database 'test' (errno: 2)

Question

I can\'t create a database after logging in mysql under my root account. Do I have to make an admin account to do so? Also, for some reason, my StartUp file didn\'t install

Answer 1

As an additional resource, you can try two other things:

1. Find out the data folder for your MySQL and 'chown' it so that mysql can write properly to it. For example, if your MySQL's data folder is /usr/local/mysql/data/, you can 'chown' it by typing up the command chown -R mysql:mysql /usr/local/mysql/data/

2. If you have just installed your MySQL server, try restarting your computer. Sometimes the installer fails on giving proper file access to the program

I hope that helps!