Hi,
I try to compile mysql-4.0.24 on my RHEL 3.
As root I run:./configure -localstatedir=/usr/local/mysql/data -disable-maintainer-mode -with-mysql-user=mysql -prefix=/usr/local/mysql -enable-large-files-without-debug

I get the following error:

050322 17:30:50 mysqld started
050322 17:30:51 InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file operation.
InnoDB: See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/InnoDB.html
InnoDB: for installation help.
InnoDB: The error means mysqld does not have the access rights to
InnoDB: the directory.
InnoDB: File name ./ibdata1
InnoDB: File operation call: 'create'.
InnoDB: Cannot continue operation.
050322 17:30:51 mysqld ended

I've already created the mysql user and group.

What I do wrong??


thanks,
ddaas

It looks like the server doesn't have write access to the data directory. What do you get from:
ls -la /usr/local/mysql/data