Hi there,

I installed Mysql on linux Suse 8.1
No Problem so far.

a general question:
If I start mysqld the mysql.sock will be created?

when I'm starting mysqld as root:
Fatal error: Please read "Security" section of the manual to find out how to run mysqld as root!

when I start mysqld as normal user:
mysqld: command not found

which user has to start mysql??
and how can i run mysql on systemstart?

Thx

You are in as su (superuser)? If not try typing;

su -
Password: *****

The 2nd line will appear, asking you to enter the root password. This will take you in the permission to edit virtually any file

Hope that helps.

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

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You shouldn't run mysql as root.

Normally the installation process creates a mysql user. You should run mysqld as that user.

You start the daemon from your root account though. Normally with:

safe_mysqld &

You can add a startup script into /etc/rc.d/init.d