myqsl dummy needs help

[Gordon Messmer]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 February 2009, Gordon Messmer wrote:
>> It's not quite that bad.  You can reset by simply removing the contents
>> of /var/lib/mysql and starting the mysql service.  If you have a
>> database to save, you can use --skip-grant-tables and resetting any
>> passwords that you require.
> 
> I am glad that it worked for you.  I did that 4 times, and each time the 
> restart was foiled by selinux.  Only a total, complete nuke job, cleaning up 
> all the leftovers with rm, succeeded in making a fresh install work.

That is very likely because you removed /var/lib/mysql, and did not 
"restorecon /var/lib/mysql" when you re-created it.

I'm also still curious how your /tmp got its permissions restricted. 
Did you do that intentionally?