> >I'm reading through the doc (gasp!) on the mysql.com site, specifically, > > 2.4 Unix Post Installation Procedures: > >http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Unix_post-installation.html > > > >The first sentence in the last paragraph before the numbered steps says: > > > >"In the examples shown here, the server runs under the user ID of the > > mysql login account." > > > >1. I'm confused what the 'mysql login account' is. Does this mean the user > > who has logged into the Linux box, or is this a mysql-specific user (a > > user account that is in the mysql databases.) > > It's a Linux login account with a name of "mysql". Like your login > account that you use to log in on your Linux box, but with a different > name. Other names for this might be shell account or system account. > > It's not a MySQL user account.
Got it. I see where I went wrong - using the binary distr doc after I did a source installation. > >If it's a separate (new) user on the Linux box, where in the doc does it > > say to set this guy up before running the post-install stuff? > > In the two sentences following the sentence that you quote above. The > full paragraph is: > > In the examples shown here, the server runs under the user ID of the > mysql login account. This assumes that such an account exists. Either > create the account if it does not exist, or substitute the name of a > different existing login account that you plan to use for running the > server. Got it. One of those 'had to read and re-read' multiple times things. > If you install using an RPM, the account should be created for you. I've done this now. I ripped out all the old files, did a complete RPM install and up to testing, everything ran fine. In order to see if the server was running, I did a ps-aux to see if I had any mysql processes running, and there they were, about a half-dozen of them. Then, on step 4 of post-installation, it says to bin/mysqladmin version This command fails regardless of what permutation I try. I can't find mysqladmin anywehre on my system, either as a regular user or as root. I've been through all of the steps in the 2.4 troubleshooting guide: 1. I'm using MySQL out of the 'box' - no special options at all. 2. The data dirs (and files) are in /var/lib/mysql 3. The data dirs and files are owned by user mysql, group root. (mysqld --help works fine) 4. The server started fine. It's just mysqladmin that doesn't work, because it doesn't exist anywhere. Doesn't mysqladmin work when the daemon is running? (stupid question, I know, but I've been through this troubleshooting guide paragraph by paragraph multiple times and this one isn't covered.) -- Whil Moving to Linux: Freedom, Choice, Security, Opportunity http://www.hentzenwerke.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
