Cannot Start Replication on Slave - "cannot find master.info"

[Alex Recarey]

Hello everybody.

I have scoured the forums and the web searching to an answer to my problem to no avail. Thank you for taking the time to read about it.

I am using mysql 5.0.32 on Debian etch.

I have one server set up as MySQL replication master, with binlog properly configured and working.

I have another setup for use as a slave. The slave has a snapshot taken from the master while the master was "FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK". I have noted the bil log file and position using the SHOW MASTER STATUS command.

I switch to the slave, login, and execute:

RESET SLAVE
STOP SLAVE

CHANGE MASTER TO
MASTER_HOST='XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX',
MASTER_USER='xxxxx',
MASTER_PASSWORD='xxxxxxx',
MASTER_LOG_FILE='master-bin.000005 ',
MASTER_LOG_POS=18262972;

I receive:

ERROR 29 (HY000): File '/var/lib/mysql/master.info' not found (Errcode: 13)

Yes, the master's binlog file is named master-bin.000005


If i manually create a master.info file, and change the permissions so that they are:

-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 0 2009-05-28 02:19 master.info


When I put the command RESET SLAVE I get the message:
ERROR 6 (HY000): Error on delete of '/var/lib/mysql/master.info' (Errcode: 13)


If I directly try the CHANGE MASTER TO command:
ERROR 1201 (HY000): Could not initialize master info structure; more error messages can be found in the MySQL error log

and the mysql error log shows nothing.

I have read the manual countless times, and I have also set up a replication setup successfully between two virtual machines. What am I doing wrong?

Thank you for your help.

Alex