MYSQL server not working.

[Ketan_Parihar]

Hi,

I get below error when i try to start the mysql from my Ubuntu 14.04 machine.

root@ketan:/home/ketanpar# mysqld start
Warning: World-writable config file '/etc/mysql/my.cnf' is ignored
2014-10-27 14:10:56 0 [Warning] TIMESTAMP with implicit DEFAULT value is deprecated. Please use --explicit_defaults_for_timestamp server option (see documentation for more details).
2014-10-27 14:10:56 6864 [ERROR] Fatal error: Please read "Security" section of the manual to find out how to run mysqld as root!


2014-10-27 14:10:56 6864 [ERROR] Aborting


2014-10-27 14:10:56 6864 [Note] Binlog end
2014-10-27 14:10:56 6864 [Note] mysqld: Shutdown complete

Please help me start mysql server on my system.

[nerdtron]

Warning: World-writable config file '/etc/mysql/my.cnf' is ignored

Did you do a chmod or chown command on your /etc/mysql/my.cnf file?

You should revert it back to default:

sudo chmod 644 /etc/mysql/my.cnf
ls -lh /etc/mysql/my.cnf