Hi. Before asking my question I would like to state that I have looked through the installation documentation, and have also successfully performed MySQL installations on WindowsXP (along with Apache and PHP), as well as on Linux machines that I have administrative (root) access on. However, I am having problems installing MySQL on a Linux machine as a non root user. My question is: is it possible? I don't see why it wouldn't be, but after fighting with setting the correct paths in mysql.server, and making sure ~/.my.cnf looked right, I am having doubts. Rather than list every error I ran into, I will simply state that I had problems setting up the proper paths (such as not being able to alter /var/run/mysql/mysql.pid, which obviously cannot be done while not root).
If it is possible to do a local install as a non privileged user, can someone please point me in the right direction, to a guide or something? Or, simply state which config files need to be edited (~/.my.cnf, mysql.server, etc) and I will work from there. Google hasn't helped much/I am not using the right search terms. Thank you. Also - if it helps, I am trying to install both the client and the server so I can access the MySQL database via Apache/PHP. The client should already be set to go, it is getting the server up and running that I am having problems with. Thanks again. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
