'/var/db/mysql/mysql-bin.index' not found

[Sam Wun]

Hi,

I am running mysql 5.1 server in freebsd 7.2.

I got the an error when I tried to start the following command:
# /usr/local/bin/mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables

Error is:
090517 23:05:19 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from
/var/db/mysql
/usr/local/libexec/mysqld: File '/var/db/mysql/mysql-bin.index' not
found (Errcode: 13)
090517 23:05:19 [ERROR] Aborting

090517 23:05:19 [Note] /usr/local/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown complete

Here are all files in the directory:

wp1:mysql # pwd
/var/db/mysql
wp1:mysql # ls -l
total 22002
drwx------  4 root   mysql       512 May 17 23:05 ./
drwxr-xr-x  9 root   wheel       512 May 12 13:57 ../
-rw-rw----  1 mysql  mysql   5242880 May 17 22:29 ib_logfile0
-rw-rw----  1 mysql  mysql   5242880 May 17 22:12 ib_logfile1
-rw-rw----  1 mysql  mysql  10485760 May 17 22:29 ibdata1
drwx------  2 root   mysql      2048 May 12 13:57 mysql/
-rw-rw----  1 mysql  mysql       125 May 17 22:16 mysql-bin.000001
-rw-rw----  1 mysql  mysql       125 May 17 22:17 mysql-bin.000002
-rw-rw----  1 mysql  mysql       951 May 17 22:19 mysql-bin.000003
-rw-rw----  1 mysql  mysql    708461 May 17 22:19 mysql-bin.000004
-rw-rw----  1 mysql  mysql       406 May 17 22:29 mysql-bin.000005
-rw-rw----  1 root   mysql       951 May 17 22:27 mysql-bin.000006
-rw-rw----  1 root   mysql    708461 May 17 22:27 mysql-bin.000007
-rw-rw----  1 mysql  mysql       133 May 17 22:27 mysql-bin.index
drwx------  2 root   mysql       512 May 12 13:57 test/
-rw-rw----  1 mysql  mysql      6841 May 17 23:05 wp1.ip6.com.au.err
-rw-rw----  1 mysql  mysql      5681 May 17 22:17 wp1.ip6.com.au.err-old
wp1:mysql #

The mysql-bin.index is in the path , why mysqld_safe can't pick it up?

Your help is very much appreciated.

Thanks