Re: [Cooker] [2009.1] What is errcode: 13 when trying to allocate files as root

Steve Morris wrote:
> /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't create/write to file '/root/tmp/ibSy10pn'
> (Errcode: 13)
>
> What does this mean and why does it occur even if I issue chmod 777
> /root/tmp
>

Start with /usr/include/errno.h and follow the #includes until you find
the standard errno numbers.

Then realize that you can't create in /root/tmp if you can't cd to
/root, which has perms rwx------.  ;)