Here they are: /var/log/kern.log Jul 2 10:26:51 maison-desktop kernel: [518763.806843] type=1503 audit(1246523211.630:219): operation="inode_create" requested_mask="a::" denied_mask="a::" fsuid=0 name="/home/mysql/maison-desktop.lower-test" pid=743 profile="/usr/sbin/mysqld" Jul 2 10:26:51 maison-desktop kernel: [518763.806996] type=1503 audit(1246523211.630:220): operation="inode_create" requested_mask="a::" denied_mask="a::" fsuid=0 name="/home/mysql/maison-desktop.lower-test" pid=743 profile="/usr/sbin/mysqld" Jul 2 10:26:51 maison-desktop kernel: [518764.165577] type=1503 audit(1246523211.990:221): operation="inode_create" requested_mask="a::" denied_mask="a::" fsuid=113 name="/home/mysql/mysql/db.frm" pid=748 profile="/usr/sbin/mysqld" Jul 2 10:26:52 maison-desktop kernel: [518764.538544] type=1503 audit(1246523212.362:222): operation="inode_create" requested_mask="a::" denied_mask="a::" fsuid=0 name="/home/mysql/maison-desktop.lower-test" pid=761 profile="/usr/sbin/mysqld" Jul 2 10:26:52 maison-desktop kernel: [518764.538682] type=1503 audit(1246523212.362:223): operation="inode_create" requested_mask="a::" denied_mask="a::" fsuid=0 name="/home/mysql/maison-desktop.lower-test" pid=761 profile="/usr/sbin/mysqld" Jul 2 10:26:52 maison-desktop kernel: [518764.781240] type=1503 audit(1246523212.606:224): operation="inode_create" requested_mask="a::" denied_mask="a::" fsuid=0 name="/home/mysql/maison-desktop.lower-test" pid=772 profile="/usr/sbin/mysqld" Jul 2 10:26:52 maison-desktop kernel: [518764.783887] type=1503 audit(1246523212.606:225): operation="inode_create" requested_mask="a::" denied_mask="a::" fsuid=0 name="/home/mysql/maison-desktop.lower-test" pid=772 profile="/usr/sbin/mysqld" Jul 2 10:26:52 maison-desktop kernel: [518764.996091] type=1503 audit(1246523212.822:226): operation="inode_create" requested_mask="a::" denied_mask="a::" fsuid=0 name="/home/mysql/maison-desktop.lower-test" pid=779 profile="/usr/sbin/mysqld" Jul 2 10:26:52 maison-desktop kernel: [518764.996690] type=1503 audit(1246523212.822:227): operation="inode_create" requested_mask="a::" denied_mask="a::" fsuid=0 name="/home/mysql/maison-desktop.lower-test" pid=779 profile="/usr/sbin/mysqld" Jul 2 10:26:53 maison-desktop kernel: [518765.188316] type=1503 audit(1246523213.014:228): operation="inode_create" requested_mask="a::" denied_mask="a::" fsuid=0 name="/home/mysql/maison-desktop.lower-test" pid=786 profile="/usr/sbin/mysqld" /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld # vim:syntax=apparmor # Last Modified: Tue Jun 19 17:37:30 2007 #include /usr/sbin/mysqld { #include #include #include #include #include capability dac_override, capability sys_resource, capability setgid, capability setuid, network tcp, /etc/hosts.allow r, /etc/hosts.deny r, /etc/mysql/*.pem r, /etc/mysql/conf.d/ r, /etc/mysql/conf.d/* r, /etc/mysql/my.cnf r, /usr/sbin/mysqld mr, /usr/share/mysql/** r, /var/log/mysql.log rw, /var/log/mysql.err rw, /var/lib/mysql/ r, /var/lib/mysql/** rwk, /var/log/mysql/ r, /var/log/mysql/* rw, /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid w, /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock w, /home/mysql/ r, /home/mysql/** rwk, } /etc/mysql/my.cnf # # The MySQL database server configuration file. # # You can copy this to one of: # - "/etc/mysql/my.cnf" to set global options, # - "~/.my.cnf" to set user-specific options. # # One can use all long options that the program supports. # Run program with --help to get a list of available options and with # --print-defaults to see which it would actually understand and use. # # For explanations see # http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/server-system-variables.html # This will be passed to all mysql clients # It has been reported that passwords should be enclosed with ticks/quotes # escpecially if they contain "#" chars... # Remember to edit /etc/mysql/debian.cnf when changing the socket location. [client] port = 3306 socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock # Here is entries for some specific programs # The following values assume you have at least 32M ram # This was formally known as [safe_mysqld]. Both versions are currently parsed. [mysqld_safe] socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock nice = 0 [mysqld] # # * Basic Settings # # # * IMPORTANT # If you make changes to these settings and your system uses apparmor, you may # also need to also adjust /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld. # user = mysql pid-file = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock port = 3306 basedir = /usr datadir = /home/mysql tmpdir = /tmp skip-external-locking # # Instead of skip-networking the default is now to listen only on # localhost which is more compatible and is not less secure. bind-address = 127.0.1.1 # # * Fine Tuning # key_buffer = 16M max_allowed_packet = 16M thread_stack = 128K thread_cache_size = 8 # This replaces the startup script and checks MyISAM tables if needed # the first time they are touched myisam-recover = BACKUP #max_connections = 100 #table_cache = 64 #thread_concurrency = 10 # # * Query Cache Configuration # query_cache_limit = 1M query_cache_size = 16M # # * Logging and Replication # # Both location gets rotated by the cronjob. # Be aware that this log type is a performance killer. #log = /var/log/mysql/mysql.log # # Error logging goes to syslog. This is a Debian improvement :) # # Here you can see queries with especially long duration #log_slow_queries = /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log #long_query_time = 2 #log-queries-not-using-indexes # # The following can be used as easy to replay backup logs or for replication. # note: if you are setting up a replication slave, see README.Debian about # other settings you may need to change. #server-id = 1 #log_bin = /var/log/mysql/mysql-bin.log expire_logs_days = 10 max_binlog_size = 100M #binlog_do_db = include_database_name #binlog_ignore_db = include_database_name # # * InnoDB # # InnoDB is enabled by default with a 10MB datafile in /var/lib/mysql/. # Read the manual for more InnoDB related options. There are many! # You might want to disable InnoDB to shrink the mysqld process by circa 100MB. #skip-innodb # # * Federated # # The FEDERATED storage engine is disabled since 5.0.67 by default in the .cnf files # shipped with MySQL distributions (my-huge.cnf, my-medium.cnf, and so forth). # skip-federated # # * Security Features # # Read the manual, too, if you want chroot! # chroot = /var/lib/mysql/ # # For generating SSL certificates I recommend the OpenSSL GUI "tinyca". # # ssl-ca=/etc/mysql/cacert.pem # ssl-cert=/etc/mysql/server-cert.pem # ssl-key=/etc/mysql/server-key.pem [mysqldump] quick quote-names max_allowed_packet = 16M [mysql] #no-auto-rehash # faster start of mysql but no tab completition [isamchk] key_buffer = 16M # # * NDB Cluster # # See /usr/share/doc/mysql-server-*/README.Debian for more information. # # The following configuration is read by the NDB Data Nodes (ndbd processes) # not from the NDB Management Nodes (ndb_mgmd processes). # # [MYSQL_CLUSTER] # ndb-connectstring=127.0.1.1 # # * IMPORTANT: Additional settings that can override those from this file! # The files must end with '.cnf', otherwise they'll be ignored. # !includedir /etc/mysql/conf.d/ /etc/mysql/conf.d/ in conf.d, there is only a file called : old_passwords.cnf which contains: # created by debconf [mysqld] old_passwords = false Thank you again for your help Marc