[root@localhost ~]# ls -l /var/lib ; ls -l /var/lib/mysql ; ls -l /var/lib/mysql/mysql
total 136
drwxr-xr-x  2 root      root    4096 Mar  1 15:06 alternatives
drwx------  2 apache    apache  4096 Jan  5  2006 dav
drwxr-xr-x  2 root      root    4096 Mar  8  2006 dhcp
drwxr-x---  2 root      root    4096 Jan  1  2006 dhcpv6
drwxr-xr-x  2 root      root    4096 Feb 21  2005 games
-rw-r--r--  1 root      root    1468 Mar  1 16:50 logrotate.status
drwxr-xr-x  2 root      root    4096 Mar  1 16:50 misc
drwxr-xr-x  3 mysql     mysql   4096 Mar  1 20:47 mysql
drwxr-xr-x  4 root      root    4096 Mar  1 15:06 nfs
drwxr-xr-x  2 ntp       ntp     4096 Mar  1 15:08 ntp
drwxr-xr-x  2 root      root    4096 Mar  8  2006 pcmcia
drwxr-xr-x  3 root      root    4096 Mar  1 15:07 php
-rw-------  1 root      root     512 Mar  1 17:27 random-seed
drwxr-xr-x  2 rpm       rpm     4096 Mar  1 18:17 rpm
drwxr-x---  2 root      slocate 4096 Aug 21  2005 slocate
-rw-r--r--  1 root      root      95 Mar  8  2006 supportinfo
drwxr-xr-x  2 root      root    4096 Mar  8  2006 up2date
drwxr-xr-x  2 webalizer root    4096 Mar  1 16:50 webalizer
total 20524
-rw-rw----  1 mysql mysql 10485760 Mar  1 18:07 ibdata1
-rw-rw----  1 mysql mysql  5242880 Mar  1 20:47 ib_logfile0
-rw-rw----  1 mysql mysql  5242880 Mar  1 17:41 ib_logfile1
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root  root        11 Mar  1 17:31 mysql -> /home/mysql
drwx------  2 mysql mysql     4096 Mar  1 17:36 test
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 11 Mar  1 17:31 /var/lib/mysql/mysql -> /home/mysql
[root@localhost ~]#