*When I am trying to run mysqld-safe, i get the follwoing error*
[/usr/local/mysql-5.1.12-beta-hpux11.11-hppa2.0w] ./bin/mysqld_safe chown: unknown user id mysql Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql- 5.1.12-beta-hpux11.11-hppa2.0w/data STOPPING server from pid file /usr/local/mysql- 5.1.12-beta-hpux11.11-hppa2.0w/data/josh.pid 061212 19:43:57 mysqld ended *As its a fresh installation and now as I am trying to run mysql_install_db, I get the following mesaage* [/usr/local/mysql-5.1.12-beta-hpux11.11-hppa2.0w]scripts/mysql_install_db --user=mysql chown: unknown user id mysql Installing all prepared tables 061212 19:39:30 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't change to run as user 'mysql' ; Please check that the user exists! 061212 19:39:30 [ERROR] Aborting 061212 19:39:30 [Note] ./bin/mysqld: Shutdown complete Installation of system tables failed! *Any idea what to do????* Regards, Nishant Gupta Aricent (Flextronics Software Systems) Ph No- 0124-2455555 Extn -5256
