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MySQL 5.5.8 and Mac OSX 10.6.6 Issues

07-Feb-11

I have just tried to install MySQL v5.5.8 onto my Mac running OSX v10.6.6 but have run into a problem when trying to start it. Basically it came up with an error every time and failed to start. I have come up with a workaround to get it working. Edit this file Mac:~ root# vi [...]

Apachectl and Mac OS 10.6.5 Ulimit Error

03-Feb-11

After updating Mac OSX to version 10.6.5 you may come across an error if you try to restart apache via the command line. You will see this error: Mac:~ root# apachectl restart /usr/sbin/apachectl: line 82: ulimit: open files: cannot modify limit: Invalid argument This is due to an update that was released to patch Apache [...]