Get on out there with your bad self Michael !! :)
~KB -----Original Message----- From: Michael T. Babcock [mailto:mbabcock@;fibrespeed.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 3:23 PM To: David Kramer Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Why does safe_mysqld runs as root? David Kramer wrote: >By boot sequence Im guessing you mean my different run levels? rcX.d? Im >guessing that I need to set the user value within the start-up script it >self rather than my.cnf??? I thought my.cnf was the config file that the >start-up scripts reference, by me setting a the attribute user=mysql under >[mysqld], mysql should start under the user mysql? > > I'm going to say this again: - The user that mysqld runs as is configured in my.cnf as per the online documentation at http://www.mysql.com/doc/en (great stuff; read it lots). - The user that launches safe_mysqld is just that; the user that launches safe_mysqld. Most boot scripts run as root, making root the user that launches safe_mysqld; don't try to make it more complicated than it is. -- Michael T. Babcock C.T.O., FibreSpeed Ltd. http://www.fibrespeed.net/~mbabcock --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
