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

["Daniel Pfeifer" <dpfeifer@xxxxxxx>]

I've like no idea how I can do so? I anyway start to hate this cr**, can't Cobalt just release a package for that without letting the users do that? I for example have a RAQ2 because my Linux skills are very little. But I need MySQL and PHP, so what can I do? I have to install that stuff myself without no tiny clue what I am doing, I am not even sure if PHP4.0 is installed right now. I tried to change the php.ini but after "whereis php.ini" it tells me a directory where it should be in, but it is definitely NOT.

I am sorry that I am letting this out now, but I was sitting here now for hours telnetting around on my RAQ2 and it is probably more unstable and unsecure than ever. I think: Just because things seem to work to the outside there is no prove that it really works smoothly inside too.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brent Sims" <brent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] MySQL-Server as own user


> 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
> 
> Brent Sims
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