MySQL errors

[frozenpeas]

The saga continues. Where should I go from here?

020611 14:17:49  mysqld started
020611 14:17:49  /usr/local/libexec/mysqld: Can't create/write to file '/usr/local/var/scout.pid' (Errcode: 13)
020611 14:17:49  /usr/local/libexec/mysqld: Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13)
020611 14:17:49  /usr/local/libexec/mysqld: Error on delete of '/usr/local/var/scout.pid' (Errcode: 2)
020611 14:17:49  mysqld ended

 

[piti]

the first and the third one look like permission prob
check if the user under which u run mysql can write to that dir

and the second - have you run the mysql_install_db script? that script is designed to create the basic mysql database called, what a surprise, mysql and a test database
the mysql database is required - there are stored for example users and their access rights