Re: purpose of "groupadd" and "useradd"

2001-04-22 Thread Jason Brooke
> Hi Everybody! > > Installing Mysql on a sparc sun solaris 2.7 machine. > The manual from msyql.com mentions adding "user" and > "group." > > What's the purpose of this? > Thanks for your help! My guess would be to have mysql running under it's own uid/gid in the event someone uses it to gain un

purpose of "groupadd" and "useradd"

2001-04-22 Thread Simon Chan
Hi Everybody! Installing Mysql on a sparc sun solaris 2.7 machine. The manual from msyql.com mentions adding "user" and "group." What's the purpose of this? Thanks for your help! __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at gre