Re: Running MySQL not as 'root'

[Scott Hanson <shanson@shcon.com>]

Hi,

I'm no longer maintainining mysql, but for the version in slink this
advice should work.

The latest version of mysql in unstable is already setup to run as
user 'mysql'.

Regards, Scott

Uurcus the Swale <uurcus@yahoo.com> writes:
> Try:
>   safe_mysqld --user=nobody &
> Might be better if you use the pseudo-user `mysql':
>   safe_mysqld --user=mysql &
> I believe the default Debian config already changes the ownership of MySQL's
> private dirs/files to be owned by the user `mysql'.
> (Of course make sure you shut down any mysqld processes before trying the
> above commands).

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