> [admin admin]$ ps auxw | grep mysqld > root 11073 0.0 0.1 1672 824 pts/0 S 01:12 0:00 sh > /usr/bin/safe_mysqld --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --pid-file=/var/lib/
> Presumably the "root" on line one shows it's running as root? this > paragraph in the book is extremely sketchy. What this line shows is that the script(in this case /usr/bin/safe_mysqld) that starts the mysql daemon is run by root but that the server is running as the user mysql. =============================== Kamara Eric Rukidi Mpuuga Computer Frontiers International Plot 32 Lumumba Avenue P.O Box 12510,Kampala Tel :256-41-340417/71 Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web :http://www.cfi.co.ug -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]