It has a command prompt, and is virtually identical to Linux or any POSIX-compliant Unix system (from a user's point of view), but the big difference (from a user's point of view) is that instead of using text files such as /etc/passwd (and numerous other configuration files), this information is stored in a database called NetInfo. NetInfo is probably the big barrier for a lot of Darwin users who are more familiar with Linux, because many system-level commands work differently now. The advantage to NetInfo really only applies to networked computers (it gives sysadmins a centralized place to make changes and then distributes the changes throughout the network), IMHO the home user is better served with the simple Linux-style text document way of storing system information. But NetInfo is also aimed at Mac Users in that you can access this database with a GUI tool called NetInfo Manager (what else?). NetInfo is supposedly just as powerful as the Linux-style plaintext way of storing data, perhaps even more so, but it needs to be learned and is unfamiliar to those of us who come from Linux backgrounds. I could be wrong, but I think it is an idea that is taken from NeXT. (anyone care to clarify?)
-- Erik On Thursday, November 29, 2001, at 11:53 AM, Todd Williamsen wrote: > I am going to take a stab at this... > > Since MacOS X is actually an open sourced kernel, I would assume you > could use the Linux or Unix version to install it. I have not worked > with MacOS X, but if I remember correctly it had a command prompt. > > Let me know if it works > > Thank you, > > Todd Williamsen, MCSE > home: 847.265.4692 > Cell: 847.867.9427 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Tappe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 10:14 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: How To Install Under MacOS X? > > > I'm stuck trying to figure out how to install this thing. What I've > tried: > > * The download doesn't contain a standard MacOS .pkg so I can't do a GUI > install. > > * The command-line instructions require the "groupadd" command in step > #1, but MacOS doesn't support this due to the existence of the NetInfo > system. > > * Turning to the "manual.html" included in the MacOS X build, only Linux > and Windows are mentioned. > > Can anyone who has successfully installed MySQL under MacOS X tell me > how they did so?? > > Thanks, > -Kurt > -- > I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work. > -- Benjamin Franklin > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <mysql-unsubscribe- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
