#1 - Can't create/write to file '/var/folders/

Question

I get the following error(see. figure) in my Xampp and can not access mySQL through XAMPP and phpMyAdmin. In this link-1 and link-2 possible solution is given; but none of them woks in Mac OS 10.9

I assume the problem is with configuration file my.cnf which is located in the /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/my.cnf.

Any suggestion will be appreciate. Thanks.

Answer 1

1. Completely stop XAMPP, this means stop apache, ftp and mysql.

2. Open the program called Terminal.

3. Type in sudo -i to become root (or do su root if the first doesn’t work for you).

4. You are most probably asked for a password which you have to enter while no characters are displayed.

5. Execute chmod 600 /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/my.cnf .

6. Exit your root shell with exit or just close Terminal.

7. Restart XAMPP (apache, ftp and mysql).

From: http://slopjong.de/2009/08/31/houston-i-cant-write-to-file/