myqsl dummy needs help

[Daniel Fazekas]

On Feb 17, 2009, at 00:32, Gene Heskett wrote:

>>>> mkdir /var/lib/mysql
>>>> chown mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql
>>>> service mysqld start
>>> I got to here ^^^ and selinux stuck up its hand & waved at me.
>>> SELinux is preventing mysqld (mysqld_t) "create" to mysql.sock  
>>> (var_lib_t).

That chown step is unnecessary, since that is already done by the  
mysqld init script.
Instead, add a restorecon in there:

mkdir -p /var/lib/mysql
restorecon -r /var/lib/mysql
service mysqld start