[ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Incorrect key file for table 'user'; try to repair it - Solution
service mysqld start
MySQL Daemon failed to start.
Starting mysqld: [FAILED]
mysqld_safe
cat /var/lib/mysql/server.err
130917 17:57:09 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 0
130917 17:57:09 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Incorrect key file for table 'user'; try to repair it
Solution
Restore a proper user.* file for mysql and restart
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