Mysql Server Question

[Wade Smart]

11212005 1507 GMT-5

Andy, I dont have any answers yet but, in another forum I read that 
somehow you have the choice of telling the installing app what user and 
group it is apart of. I do not think I have seen that anywhere with 
Ubuntu - or its nicely covered up - for experts only -> of which we are 
obviously not.

Wade


'Forum Post wrote:

>Wade asked:
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>"Tim - a question. Im still really new to linux so bear with me. My
>book 
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>on mysql says -> mysql will be installed as root but for security 
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>reasons dont run it as such. Its best to change the owner and group to
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>something like mysqladm and mysqlgrp.
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>If that is the case, if I change one mysql file I'll have to change 
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>everything otherwise they wont be able to access each other - right?"
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>I am also totally new to linux (ubuntu has been awesome so far!!) and
>MySQL and I am having the same trouble as wade.  it won't let me change
>the user away from root and I have heard that it is bad to let root be a
>MySQL user....
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>help?
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>andy
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