hi list firstly am in the right place to ask this sort of question
i installed mysql 5.0 from the repos on ubuntu dapper drake i could only go in to mysql when i was root, & then i guess i am suposed to add users there. i have tried "man mysql" i might have missed the part on how you add normal users to write databases i have downloaded the documentation on the mysql.com site for version 5.0 i followed these steps 5.7.5. How to Run MySQL as a Normal User mysqld worked as root but not as the normal user, i got a error [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mysqld 060705 18:55:12 [Warning] Can't create test file /var/lib/mysql/ubuntu.lower-test 060705 18:55:12 [Warning] One can only use the --user switch if running as root 060705 18:55:12 InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file operation. InnoDB: The error means mysqld does not have the access rights to InnoDB: the directory. InnoDB: File name ./ibdata1 InnoDB: File operation call: 'open'. InnoDB: Cannot continue operation. i got a bit confused with shell> chown -R user_name /path/to/mysql/datadir i think i might have messed up the "/path/to/mysql/datadir" part, i think i put "/usr/sbin/mysqld" no luck with that iether. i know i have missed some thing very simple i just cant see it any help thanks -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
