From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 5 12: 6:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.burgoyne.com (email.burgoyne.com [209.197.0.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D550737BD58 for ; Wed, 5 Apr 2000 12:06:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wbs@redrock.net) Received: from lorins (red3-34.redrock.net [209.197.14.165] (may be forged)) by smtp.burgoyne.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) with SMTP id NAA08125; Wed, 5 Apr 2000 13:06:00 -0600 Message-ID: <000e01bf9f32$fc59fbc0$0900fea9@lorins.ild.telecom.com> From: "wbs" To: "Cliff Rowley" , "John Daniels" Cc: Subject: Re: PHP and databases Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 13:13:09 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The reference to mysql as a userid was a recommendation to create a mysql user and group, then after installing as root, chown and all the mysql stuff. -----Original Message----- From: Cliff Rowley To: John Daniels Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 12:21 PM Subject: Re: PHP and databases >> 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 > >- while (!asleep) { code(); } > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message