Re: move database data folder

[Rick James]

> It was able to restart the service after moving the data folder - the problem was the permission, owner and group of the ".." file
> pete@flashDB:~$ sudo ls -la /var/lib/mysql/
> drwxrw-rw- 6 mysql mysql 4096 Jul 10 09:35 .
> drwxr-xr-x 64 root root 4096 Jul 9 13:41 ..

Given that you are looking at the directory /var/lib/mysql/,
. refers to /var/lib/mysql/
.. refers to /var/lib/
(It is the parent directory, not a 'file'.)

drwxr-xr-x -- This allows anyone to 'read' and 'search' this directory. And that is all that is needed for /var/lib/. So, I suspect you fixed something else.