Thanks for all the prompt answers to my question. I logged in as root then
was able to use chown ; later found that chown wasn't in my PATH setting .
thanks again,
Bruce
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul DuBois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Bruce W. Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: macosx install
>At 8:47 AM -0400 9/4/01, Bruce W. Perry wrote:
>>hello,
>>
>> I have installed MySQL 3.23 on Mac OS X 10.0.4 . I now have to change
the
>>ownership of the newly installed MySQL databases ( /usr/local/var ) to the
>>"mysql" user that I have created in NetInfo Manager , in order to start up
>>the database system. But my system does not have the chown utility
installed
>>(for security reasons, I guess). Where can I get this utility so I can
>>install it on my system? Is there any other way to change the ownership of
>>these files (from "root")? any other suggestions? Thanks very much for
your
>>help.
>>
>>Bruce Perry
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Are you sure it's not installed? Maybe you just don't have /usr/sbin
>in your PATH setting (chown is /usr/sbin/chown).
>
>
>--
>Paul DuBois, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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