This is a RedHat thing. They make the RPMs. The MySQL guys make the tarballs. I use the tarballs, and put them in /usr/local/mysql-version, with a symlink from /usr/local/mysql to the "current" version. That way, I can have more than one version installed, and switch between them (handy for upgrades).
safe_mysqld is the 3.x startup script, mysqld_safe if the 4.x startup script. safe_mysqld will start 4.x. It's just a script, and it's commonly hacked as part of an installation at bigger sites. The online doc is very up to date and generally error free. Indeed, if you're running 3.23 (which is wise if this is a production setup), the doc is often TOO up to date, since it describes 4.0, which is still not ready for prime time. My default, mysqld will itself run as mysql, unless you configure it to do otherwise. Look at the docs for the user options. Set up a mysql user, and set all permissions on the dbfiles to mysql, and there you are. james montebello On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Colin Boyan wrote: > I am an experienced database developer (Sybase on Solaris mostly) but new to MySQL >on Linux (so please feel free to redirect me to a more suitable forum if that is >appropriate). > > Question 1: > > I have just downloaded and installed the RPM version of MySQL 4.0 on a RH7.1 system. > > In reading the documentation I understand that the installation should map to >/usr/local/mysql/bin (amongst others) however my installation went straight into the >/usr/bin directory. I also noticed some other differences. Eg. the command for >starting the server is documented as safe_mysqld whereas I have mysqld_safe on my >system. > > Is this possibly due to differences in the 4.0 release and, if so, where can I get >an up to date document? > > Question 2: > > I installed MySQL as root but would like to run the server (at times) as a >non-priveleged user. The documentation I have says that I can do this by changing >ownership of the required files and directories so that they are owned by this user. >Has anyone implemented any more elegant schemes such as creating a dbusers group and >changing permissions to allow execution by members of this group (for example). > > Many thanks for your patience. > > Col Boyan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
