On 03-Jun-01 mysql list wrote:
> In my UNIX (FreeBSD) system the database directories
> shows up as below.
> drwx------ 2 mysql mysql 512 May 11 11:51 mysql
> drwx------ 2 mysql mysql 512 May 11 22:40 test
>
> I guess this means I should only start mysql server by
> being the user mysql. But how can I become the user
> mysql?
You don't.
FreeBSD installs a start-up script in
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh
This starts the daemon on boot, to start it manually, su to root, then:
# cd /usr/local/etc/rc.d
# sh mysql-server.sh start
Regards,
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