tr33m4n Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Hello there, I've encountered a slight problem with the dodgey mysql backup ive made. Basically my server died and in my haste and panic I copied the entire /var/lib/mysql folder thinking this would be fine to backup from, so i replaced my freshly installed /var/lib/mysql folder with the one I salvaged. However when trying to read any of the databases using MySQL Administrator I get this error Could not retrieve schema table definitions from server MySQL Error Nr. 1018 Can't read dir of './tgdb2/' (errno: 13) I fear that I have lost all my data because I didnt dump my databases as .sql first can anyone help? many thanks dan ps: yes, i am a noob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beebum Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Check folder permissions and also make sure that the new install is the exact same version as the old one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tr33m4n Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 brilliant, I cant thank you enough, you were right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.