title: MySQL: The server quit without updating PID file
body: <p>Installing MySQL on OSX El Capitan. 10.11.2 via Homebrew
  next I want to start it: </p>
  
  <pre><code>  Nevada3:local kb1$ mysql.server start
      Starting MySQL
      .. ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file     (/usr/local/var/mysql/Nevada3.local.pid).
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Next I checked the permissions: </p>
  
  <pre><code>    Nevada3:mysql kb1$ cd /usr/local/var/mysql/
      Nevada3:mysql kb1$ ls -lsa
      total 221296
      0 drwxr-xr-x   19 kb1  admin       646  9 Dec 11:40 .
      0 drwxr-xr-x    6 kb1  admin       204  9 Dec 11:36 ..
     32 -rw-r-----    1 kb1  admin     15184  9 Dec 11:40 Nevada3.local.err
      8 -rw-r-----    1 kb1  admin        56  9 Dec 11:36 auto.cnf
      8 -rw-------    1 kb1  admin      1676  9 Dec 11:36 ca-key.pem
      8 -rw-r--r--    1 kb1  admin      1071  9 Dec 11:36 ca.pem
      8 -rw-r--r--    1 kb1  admin      1079  9 Dec 11:36 client-cert.pem
      8 -rw-------    1 kb1  admin      1680  9 Dec 11:36 client-key.pem
      8 -rw-r-----    1 kb1  admin       303  9 Dec 11:40 ib_buffer_pool
      98304 -rw-r-----    1 kb1  admin  50331648  9 Dec 11:40 ib_logfile0
      98304 -rw-r-----    1 kb1  admin  50331648  9 Dec 11:36 ib_logfile1
      24576 -rw-r-----    1 kb1  admin  12582912  9 Dec 11:40 ibdata1
      0 drwxr-x---   77 kb1  admin      2618  9 Dec 11:36 mysql
      0 drwxr-x---   90 kb1  admin      3060  9 Dec 11:36 performance_schema
      8 -rw-------    1 kb1  admin      1680  9 Dec 11:36 private_key.pem
      8 -rw-r--r--    1 kb1  admin       452  9 Dec 11:36 public_key.pem
      8 -rw-r--r--    1 kb1  admin      1079  9 Dec 11:36 server-cert.pem
      8 -rw-------    1 kb1  admin      1676  9 Dec 11:36 server-key.pem
      0 drwxr-x---  108 kb1  admin      3672  9 Dec 11:36 sys
      Nevada3:mysql kb1$
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  <p>But this seems right. All is my User. And not root. </p>
  
  <p>This is the output of the error log: </p>
  
  <pre><code>Nevada3:mysql kb1$ tail Nevada3.local.err
  2015-12-09T10:40:45.576656Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 2471965
  2015-12-09T10:40:45.577321Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Removed temporary tablespace data file: "ibtmp1"
  2015-12-09T10:40:45.577335Z 0 [Note] Shutting down plugin 'MEMORY'
  2015-12-09T10:40:45.577341Z 0 [Note] Shutting down plugin 'CSV'
  2015-12-09T10:40:45.577346Z 0 [Note] Shutting down plugin 'sha256_password'
  2015-12-09T10:40:45.577350Z 0 [Note] Shutting down plugin 'mysql_native_password'
  2015-12-09T10:40:45.577470Z 0 [Note] Shutting down plugin 'binlog'
  2015-12-09T10:40:45.577946Z 0 [Note] /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.7.9/bin/mysqld: Shutdown complete
  
  151209 11:40:45 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /usr/local/var/mysql/Nevada3.local.pid ended
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  <p>I am totally lost. Never experienced this.. </p>