Re: mysql wont start - Alexander Barkov - com.mysql.lists.mysql

10 messages in com.mysql.lists.mysqlRe: mysql wont start

From	Sent On	Attachments
Satish Santhakumar	27 Jun 2002 12:07
Alexander Barkov	01 Jul 2002 05:26
Jacques Steyn	01 Jul 2002 06:28
Cal Evans	01 Jul 2002 06:47
Egor Egorov	01 Jul 2002 07:33
Chuck Payne	01 Jul 2002 08:01
John Macloy	01 Jul 2002 08:09
Chuck Payne	01 Jul 2002 08:22
John Macloy	02 Jul 2002 01:25
Seth R Payne	02 Jul 2002 09:03

Subject:	Re: mysql wont start
From:	Alexander Barkov (ba...@mysql.com)
Date:	07/01/2002 05:26:25 AM
List:	com.mysql.lists.mysql

Hi!

You can put this into /etc/my.cnf:

[mysqld] user=root

This will allow to run mysqld as root. However, consider running it under another account, it is safer.

Satish Santhakumar wrote:

Hi Guys,

MySQL wont start it says 'Security' error cannot start mysql. Read the MySQL manual on security to start the server as a root. What is the problem here?? I cannt seem to figure out it was working fine sometime ago. This is urgent please help. -SS

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