Hi, ok, now I understand! I was just a little bit confused, because I got a preinstalled virtual server with MySQL already installed on it! The user 'mysql' was a shell user:
mysql:x:27:27:MySQL Server:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/bash Thanks for your help!! Regards Andy > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Samstag, 7. Juni 2003 18:48 > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: Re: AW: mysql linux user > > > Dingfelder Andy schrieb: > > >Hi, > > > >I?ve forgot to say, that i?m a newbie to linux. > >So, what do you want to say, with these lines? > >That the 'mysql' user is not a shell user? > > > yes > > i am no expert too > > a daemon should run as a unprivileged user, if possible > > # ps auxw | less > > > for this you need an account > this account need *no* shell > > eg > man useradd > -s /sbin/nologin > > > > # grep "false\|nologin\|null" /etc/passwd > > bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/sbin/nologin > daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/sbin/nologin > adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/adm:/sbin/nologin > lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/sbin/nologin > mail:x:8:12:mail:/var/spool/mail:/sbin/nologin > uucp:x:10:14:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/sbin/nologin > operator:x:11:0:operator:/root:/sbin/nologin > games:x:12:100:games:/usr/games:/sbin/nologin > gopher:x:13:30:gopher:/var/gopher:/sbin/nologin > ftp:x:14:50:FTP User:/var/ftp:/sbin/nologin > nobody:x:99:99:Nobody:/:/sbin/nologin > ntp:x:38:38::/etc/ntp:/sbin/nologin > rpc:x:32:32:Portmapper RPC user:/:/sbin/nologin > vcsa:x:69:69:virtual console memory owner:/dev:/sbin/nologin > nscd:x:28:28:NSCD Daemon:/:/sbin/nologin > sshd:x:74:74:Privilege-separated SSH:/var/empty/sshd:/sbin/nologin > mailnull:x:47:47::/var/spool/mqueue:/sbin/nologin > smmsp:x:51:51::/var/spool/mqueue:/sbin/nologin > rpcuser:x:29:29:RPC Service User:/var/lib/nfs:/sbin/nologin > nfsnobody:x:65534:65534:Anonymous NFS User:/var/lib/nfs:/sbin/nologin > pcap:x:77:77::/var/arpwatch:/sbin/nologin > xfs:x:43:43:X Font Server:/etc/X11/fs:/sbin/nologin > named:x:25:25:Named:/var/named:/sbin/nologin > gdm:x:42:42::/var/gdm:/sbin/nologin > apache:x:48:48:Apache:/var/www:/sbin/nologin > postfix:x:89:89::/var/spool/postfix:/sbin/nologin > squid:x:23:23::/var/spool/squid:/dev/null > webalizer:x:67:67:Webalizer:/var/www/html/usage:/sbin/nologin > desktop:x:80:80:desktop:/var/lib/menu/kde:/sbin/nologin > mailman:x:41:41:GNU Mailing List Manager:/var/mailman:/bin/false > mysql:x:27:27:MySQL Server:/var/lib/mysql:/sbin/nologin > radvd:x:75:75:radvd user:/:/bin/false > fax:x:78:78:mgetty fax spool user:/var/spool/fax:/sbin/nologin > > > -- > shrek-m > > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
