In most versions of Linux edit the file: /etc/my.cnf Anywhere under [mysqld] add the line: log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log If log file doesn’t yet exists add and set permissions: touch /var/log/mysqld.log chown mysql:mysql /var/log/mysqld.log Restart MySQL in: cd /etc/rc.d/init.d ./mysqld restart Incoming search terms:mysql access logmysql log accessmysql access logsaccess log mysqlaccess log to mysqlmysql access loggingMYSQL ACCES [...]