Re: Setup question on mysql under Linux

2005-01-19 Thread Eric Bergen
Have you tried using mysqld_safe --user=mysql 'mysql' being the name of the user you want mysqld to run as. -Eric On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 20:33:38 -0800, Russ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having trouble getting myslqd to run as a user other than root when it is started by mysqld_safe. I folowed

Setup question on mysql under Linux

2005-01-18 Thread Russ
I'm having trouble getting myslqd to run as a user other than root when it is started by mysqld_safe. I folowed the steps in the manual but mysqld continues to run as root, mysqld_safe runs as the changed user. I check my.conf and the user statement is in the mysqld section as outlined. If I