Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 18:55:09 +0100 (BST) From: Cliff Rowley <dozprompt@onsea.com> To: John Daniels <jmd526@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PHP and databases Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004051853000.1456-100000@merlin.onsea.com> In-Reply-To: <20000405112909.37154.qmail@hotmail.com>
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> Do I always have to be root when installing ports? I think that I saw
> someone describe installing mysql under a "mysql" user. Is this
> recommended? Are there other instances (i.e. other ports) where there are
> advantages to installing as other than root?
In a word, yes. Regarding the mysql user, what it most likely means is
that you run the mysql daemon under a 'mysql' user account - not actually
installing it while being that user.
You wouldnt be able to install anything unless your uid/gid was 0
anyhow...
Cliff Rowley
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