ERROR 3680 (HY000): Failed to create schema directory 'test' (errno: 13 - Permission denied)

Question

I added mysql with homebrew. I try create a table using

$ mysql -uroot

then

mysql> create database test;

I get

ERROR 3680 (HY000): Failed to create schema directory 'test' (errno: 13 - Permission denied)

Edit

Answer 1

Most likely the permissions in your MySQL data directory are wrong.

Look into your data directory and make sure, that it is owned by the use MySQL is running as.