From owner-freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 2 18:20:13 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-database@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A6DD16A4BF for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2003 18:20:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from p6m7g8.com (pcp04982545pcs.hyatsv01.md.comcast.net [68.48.52.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21F6B43FBD for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2003 18:20:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from philip@p6m7g8.com) Received: from p6m7g8.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by p6m7g8.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h832MQWJ020291; Tue, 2 Sep 2003 21:22:26 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from philip@p6m7g8.com) Received: (from philip@localhost) by p6m7g8.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h832MPPq020290; Tue, 2 Sep 2003 21:22:25 -0500 (EST) From: "Philip M. Gollucci" Organization: eJournalPress To: Greg Magnusson , freebsd-database@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 21:22:25 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.1 References: <5.2.1.1.0.20030822132658.009ff760@mail.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.0.20030822132658.009ff760@mail.sasknow.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200309022122.25801.philip@p6m7g8.com> Subject: Re: freebsd_mysql_install X-BeenThere: freebsd-database@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Database use and development under FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 01:20:13 -0000 The short answer is you don't have a "mysql" user. The freebsd port should have done this for you. You may find the following useful which was snipped from /usr/ports/databases/mysql323-server/pkg_install % pw group add mysql -g 88 % pw useradd mysql -u 88 -g mysql -h - \ -d /var/db/mysql -s /sbin/nologin -c "MySQL Daemon" On Friday 22 August 2003 02:33 pm, Greg Magnusson wrote: > re: getting mysql running on FreeBSD 4.7 > > Hello, > > I am running FreeBSD 4.7 and mysql-max-3.23.57-unknown-freebsd4.7-i386 on > FreeBSD 4.7. I have installed mysql, but I am having problems getting it > to run. When I am in the mysql directory, and I enter > "./bin/safe_mysqld & > I get the message > [1] 363 > cyborgspiders#chown: mysql: illegal user name > Starting mysqld daemon with databases from > /usr/local/mysql/mysql-max-3.23.57-unknown-freebsd4.7-i386/data > 030822 13:29:57 mysql ended > > [1] Done ./bin/safe_mysqld > > Help will be appreciated, > > Greg Magnusson > glm@cyborgspiders.com > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-database@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-database > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-database-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- END ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Philip M. Gollucci Consultant E-Mail: philip@p6m7g8.com URL : http://p6m7g8.net/Resume/resume.shtml Phone : 301.474.9598 eJournalPress DBA / Software Engineer / System Administrator E-Mail: pgollucci@ejournalpress.com URL : http://www.ejournalpress.com Phone : 301.530.6375 $Id: .signature,v 1.4 2003/05/02 23:46:37 philip Exp $