Only users of the "Administrators" group on NT can start system services by default.
Have a look in your user manager for domains, policies, user rights Kind Regards, Chris Knipe MegaLAN Corporate Networking Services Tel: +27 21 854 7064 Cell: +27 72 434 7582 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Blanchard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 3:28 PM Subject: RE: I KNOW one of you LISTers has experienced this > [snip] > I've asked this question once before with no response (and have asked on > other > lists), I'll give it one more try before giving in to semi-Gates domination > (my > last holdout is the Apache server I'm running): > > Upon installing MySQL as a service, why will it not start for all users? > Only > my admin account allows the MySQL service to start. I cannot start the > service > manually or automatically from any regular ("power user") account. > > MySQL was installed as a service using > > mysqld-nt --install > > with no problems. I've come across a vague reference in the manual for a > manual installation of MySQL as a service if problems occur, but have no > idea > if that is the course of action to take since I don't really know why there > is > a problem. Putting MySQL in the startup items makes no difference. HELP! > [/snip] > > Kirk, > > Are you starting MySQL on individual platforms? Are you starting it on a > server and then attempting to connect to it from another user's computer? If > the latter is the case you do not need to start MySQL, you just need to > connect to it on the server it resides on. > > I think the lack of answer is due to the vaguery of the question. Maybe we > can get going the right direction here. > > Thanks! > > Jay > mysql, query, sql > > "It's hip to snip!" > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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