mysql 5.0 add users

[boricua]

On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 18:59:54 +0200
"Dimitri Mallis" <dimitri.mallis at gmail.com> wrote:

> i installed mysql 5.0 from the repos on ubuntu dapper drake
> 
> i could only go in to mysql when i was root, & then i guess i am
> suposed to add users there.
> 
> i have tried "man mysql" i might have missed the part on how you add
> normal users to write databases
> 
> i have downloaded the documentation on the mysql.com site for version 5.0
> i followed these steps
> 
> 5.7.5. How to Run MySQL as a Normal User
> 


try this

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/adding-users.html