Hi Russ!
Am Do, den 17.02.2005 schrieb Russ um 18:05: > [[...]] > > I am using SuSE 9.1 Pro. I started mysql in the runlevel editor of YaST. It > start when I boot the system. > > below are the results of the two items you asked me to look at: > > ps aux > mysql 5471 0.0 0.4 21584 2400 ? S 07:38 > 0:00 /usr/sbin/mysqld > > /etc/passwd > mysql:x:60:2:MySQL database admin:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/false So user "mysql" is defined (by the entry in "/etc/passwd"), and the MySQL server process is running as this (Linux) user. All correct. > > This is what I see in phpMyAdmin. > > Welcome to phpMyAdmin 2.5.6 > > MySQL 4.0.18 running on localhost as [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a database user, _not_ the Linux user. I agree the duplicate use of the name "root" is irritating. It seems you need not worry. HTH, Jörg -- Joerg Bruehe, Senior Production Engineer MySQL AB, www.mysql.com Are you MySQL certified? www.mysql.com/certification -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
