Re: [cobalt-users] MySQL-Server as own user

[Brent Sims <brent@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 31 May 2000, Daniel Pfeifer so wrote:

} I've a question. Does somebody know how I can run a freshly
} compiled MySQL in an own user environment?  I heard that running
} it as root is kinda dangerous.
} 
} Like I said. MySQL is laying freshly compiled in my
} /usr/local/mysql directory. But I dont want that it is running
} under root.

	I haven't tried this on an RaQ but I've done it a couple of
times on other boxes. Create a non-privlidged user for this specific
purpose then change the ownership of all MySQL's files and
directories to that user. Then just administer MySQL as that user. I
haven't been playing with these Cobalt's long enough to know all the
nuances so quotas may or may not get in your way but you can always
increase the quota for the user that you assign the
files/directories too.

	Peace be with you,
	
	Brent
	
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