Re: System user creation
On Sunday 16 April 2006 20:13, you wrote: > On Apr 16, 2006, at 5:29 PM, Beech Rintoul wrote: > > On Sunday 16 April 2006 16:01, jekillen wrote: > >> Hello folks; > >> I am trying to create a system user for a program to use. > >> I haven't found any specific instructions for doing this in the > >> FreeBSD > >> manual > >> or Absolute FreeBSD. > >> The program exits with an error saying it can't create/write to a pid > >> file. > >> I believe it is the way I used adduser to create it and I don't know > >> what > >> I did wrong. I assigned it the class bin and disabled the password and > >> assigned none as the home dir. > >> To remove mystery it is MySQL I am trying to get running. > >> This is the error file entry: > >> starting server errors: > >> 060417 17:38:49 [ERROR] /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld: Can't > >> create/write to file '/usr/local/mysql/var/AMD64-939..pid' > >> (Errcode: 13) > >> 060417 17:38:49 [ERROR] Can't start server: can't create PID file: > >> Permission denied > >> 060417 17:38:49 mysqld ended > > My concern is 'permission denied' which means there seems to be > something wrong with the mysql user > I created. I have done this on another FreeBSD v6 installation and I > didn't have the same problem. > I don't know what I did differently. Yes I did install mysql my self. I > have had nothing but problems > with ports, ref a concurrent post where I tried to install an network > interface card driver, nvnet and > got a torrent of errors when trying to run make. I went to the FreeBSD > web site and manually fetched the > disfile and place it in the distfile directory. It doesn't mean there > is anything wrong with ports, it just > means I'm not willing to spend the time to get it up to speed on my > system. > Anyhow, I just want to get MySQL running and then I'll deal with any > other problems. But on my other > FreeBSD machine i have had none so far and it has been happily running > for some 6 or 7 weeks > (accept for a power blackout event that I was able to recover from > easily). > Thanks > JK > > > How did you install mysql? That path doesn't look like the default port > > install. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't that be > > in /var/db/mysql? Anyway, user and group should be mysql - check your > > folder > > permissions to make sure mysql can write there. > > > > Beech > > Unfortunately, you've just run into one of the pitfalls of installing stock programs. I just looked at the port of mysql-server and there are no less than 10 patches (most dealing with configuration) not counting the ones in mysql-client. Unless you're willing to spend the time dealing with all that by hand you're better off uninstalling and using the package version of that port. Installing a package is very easy and documented in the handbook. Other than that you need to take a close look at configure in the sources and you may need to adjust those for your system. In the short term what you have is a file permission problem. Find out what user mysql is trying to run as (most likely "mysql"), make sure that user exists and set your file permissions on the mysql directory to allow it to write as that user. It's ok to use "adduser" to create the user. Beech -- --- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - [EMAIL PROTECTED] /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Mangohealth \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - XanGo - http://www.mangohealth.org --- pgp4cpgSjyY4J.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: System user creation
On Apr 16, 2006, at 5:29 PM, Beech Rintoul wrote: On Sunday 16 April 2006 16:01, jekillen wrote: Hello folks; I am trying to create a system user for a program to use. I haven't found any specific instructions for doing this in the FreeBSD manual or Absolute FreeBSD. The program exits with an error saying it can't create/write to a pid file. I believe it is the way I used adduser to create it and I don't know what I did wrong. I assigned it the class bin and disabled the password and assigned none as the home dir. To remove mystery it is MySQL I am trying to get running. This is the error file entry: starting server errors: 060417 17:38:49 [ERROR] /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld: Can't create/write to file '/usr/local/mysql/var/AMD64-939..pid' (Errcode: 13) 060417 17:38:49 [ERROR] Can't start server: can't create PID file: Permission denied 060417 17:38:49 mysqld ended My concern is 'permission denied' which means there seems to be something wrong with the mysql user I created. I have done this on another FreeBSD v6 installation and I didn't have the same problem. I don't know what I did differently. Yes I did install mysql my self. I have had nothing but problems with ports, ref a concurrent post where I tried to install an network interface card driver, nvnet and got a torrent of errors when trying to run make. I went to the FreeBSD web site and manually fetched the disfile and place it in the distfile directory. It doesn't mean there is anything wrong with ports, it just means I'm not willing to spend the time to get it up to speed on my system. Anyhow, I just want to get MySQL running and then I'll deal with any other problems. But on my other FreeBSD machine i have had none so far and it has been happily running for some 6 or 7 weeks (accept for a power blackout event that I was able to recover from easily). Thanks JK How did you install mysql? That path doesn't look like the default port install. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't that be in /var/db/mysql? Anyway, user and group should be mysql - check your folder permissions to make sure mysql can write there. Beech --- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - [EMAIL PROTECTED] /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Mangohealth \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - XanGo - http://www.mangohealth.org --- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: System user creation
On Sunday 16 April 2006 16:01, jekillen wrote: > Hello folks; > I am trying to create a system user for a program to use. > I haven't found any specific instructions for doing this in the FreeBSD > manual > or Absolute FreeBSD. > The program exits with an error saying it can't create/write to a pid > file. > I believe it is the way I used adduser to create it and I don't know > what > I did wrong. I assigned it the class bin and disabled the password and > assigned none as the home dir. > To remove mystery it is MySQL I am trying to get running. > This is the error file entry: > starting server errors: > 060417 17:38:49 [ERROR] /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld: Can't > create/write to file '/usr/local/mysql/var/AMD64-939..pid' > (Errcode: 13) > 060417 17:38:49 [ERROR] Can't start server: can't create PID file: > Permission denied > 060417 17:38:49 mysqld ended How did you install mysql? That path doesn't look like the default port install. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't that be in /var/db/mysql? Anyway, user and group should be mysql - check your folder permissions to make sure mysql can write there. Beech --- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - [EMAIL PROTECTED] /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Mangohealth \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - XanGo - http://www.mangohealth.org --- pgpSAF7Rb6DtL.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: System user creation
> I am trying to create a system user for a program to use. > I haven't found any specific instructions for doing this in the FreeBSD manual or Absolute FreeBSD. > The program exits with an error saying it can't create/write to a pid file. > I believe it is the way I used adduser to create it and I don't know what I did wrong. I assigned it the class bin and disabled the password and assigned none as the home dir. > To remove mystery it is MySQL I am trying to get running. it's a bit unclear what you're trying to do, mysql already runs as a "non-privileged" user normally if you want to restrict access to your mysql-database then you can just create a user in mysql and give that user certain permissions (root in mysql != root in FreeBSD) if you really want to run mysql-server as a new user you probably need to change mysql-config settings or put that user in the group mysql (and adjust permissions for mysql-files and dirs accordingly) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
