# Error 1006: Can't create database

| Error Code | SQLSTATE | Error               | Description                            |
| ---------- | -------- | ------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| 1006       | `HY000`  | `ER_CANT_CREATE_DB` | Can't create database '%s' (errno: %d) |

## Possible Causes and Solutions

### Insufficient Disk Space

The server has insufficient free disk space to create the database. Free up space and retry.

### File permissions

There may be a file permission issue on the data directories. Check both the user and group permissions and set accordingly.

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