Thankx,
That did the trick! So simple yet sooooo..... well....... simple!
----- Original Message -----
From: Gerald Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Sean Strycker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: MySQL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 6:27 AM
Subject: Re: Mysqld running as root.
> add user=mysql to the [mysqld] section of /etc/my.cnf
> EX:
>
> [mysqld]
> user=mysql
>
> Sean Strycker wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm a newbe to Linux and MySQL, but I'm finding it very interesting.
> >
> > I'll cut right to the chase - I've followed the directions in the manual
for the binary install on Linux. but every time I start up the mysql daemon
and do a pstree -laup, it's running as root.
> >
> > This is on a development / play machine so it's not that big a deal, but
my system admin says that I have to run it as user=mysql.
> >
> > I've tried changing the mysql.server script, the my.cnf file, etc. I
cant figure it out - how to make it start up and run as user=mysql!?!
> >
> > Anywho - any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Sean.
>
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