Hello Thanks for getting back to. The real problem I have is that I am rtying to install mysql remotely and don't have access to the MacOSX console. Hence Netinfo is is not an option.
On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Chris Garaffa wrote: > He who calles himself "Gerald Clark" (from > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote on 7/25/02 3:37 PM: > > create a group called mysql > > greate a user called mysql, and make it a member of the mysql group. > > And in case anyone's wondering, because it's not obvious in OS X, the best > way to do so is to go to Applications -> Utilities and load NetInfo Manager. > Click the lock (bottom of the window) to make changes -- you must have an > admin or the root password. > In the Directory Browser, click /, then in the next pane, groups. The > rightmost pane is the list of groups on your system currently. > Duplicate an existing group (the icon with two folders on it). > Change the name to mysql (double-click the name in the Value(s) column). > **Change the group ID** and make sure it doesn't have the same value as > another on the system (my mysql group is gid 251). > Add user mysql. Click the disclosure triangle next to "users", then go to > the Directory menu, and choose New Value. > You should probably delete the users in the group that were copied over... > > Next, you have to define the mysql user. > Go to the column where you selected groups, and now select users. > Duplicate one of the users (same procedure as for the group above). > Edit the key/value (aka Property/Value(s)) pairs... Here's my values: > Property Value(s) > expire 0 > realname MySQL Database Server > name mysql > passwd * > home /dev/null > _writers_passwd mysql > class > Change 0 > uid 251 > shell /dev/null > gid 251 > > Delete any extraneous properties. > > *Notes* > Change the gid to the value you set for the group in the first set of steps. > Make sure the shell is set to /dev/null so no one can telnet/ssh into your > machine and use the mysql user... > Make sure the uid is distinct... That is, that it is not the same as that > for any other user on the system (same idea as the gid). Mine, for some > reason, is set to the same id as my group. I guess that's safe as long as no > other user is 251. > > Other than that, you should be good to go. Save & confirm your changes, quit > NetInfo Manager. Enjoy. > > (Did this on MacOS 10.1.5, with mysql already installed...) > Also, sorry if I was too verbatim or lengthy. Just wanted to make everything > clear, b/c OS X is still somewhat shady on the UNIX side of things (and that > comment is *not* meant to start a flame war). > > -- Dave Houghton [EMAIL PROTECTED] System Manager http://finn.dlg.dmu.ac.uk/~djh Faculty of Humanities Work Tel. No. 0116 2506125 Clephan Building, Room 0.35 De Montfort University Leicester LE1 9BH --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
