cannot start MYSQL

[ccagle]

I receive the following error when starting MYSQL:

051106 01:09:54  mysqld started
051106  1:09:54 [Warning] Setting lower_case_table_names=2 because file system for /usr/local/mysql/data/ is case insensitive
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/var/tmp/' (Errcode: 13)
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld: Can't create/write to file '/var/tmp/ibbX5XmV' (Errcode: 13)
051106  1:09:54  InnoDB: Error: unable to create temporary file; errno: 13
051106  1:09:54 [ERROR] Can't init databases
051106  1:09:54 [ERROR] Aborting

when looking at var it is:

lrwxr-xr-x    1 root   admin       11 Apr 29  2005 var -> private/var

the tmp dir is

drwxrwxrwt    3 root  wheel    102 Nov  6 00:53 tmp

any ideas are greatly appreciated

 

[BjarneDM]

what does 'ls -ald /private/var/tmp' give as result ?

 

[ccagle]

:~ clint$ ls -ald /private/var/tmp
drwxrwxrwt   4 clint  admin  136 Nov  6 04:07 /private/var/tmp