Re: groupadd

2002-07-30 Thread David Houghton
Triffic Just what I was after. Many thanks On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Pete French wrote: > > You need to create a new user and group for mysql. > > Open your OSX manuals and start reading. > > Additional hint - nidump and niload will do the trick (assuming > it works like alll other NeXT systems,

Re: groupadd

2002-07-30 Thread Pete French
> You need to create a new user and group for mysql. > Open your OSX manuals and start reading. Additional hint - nidump and niload will do the trick (assuming it works like alll other NeXT systems, which it seems to). -pcf. -

Re: groupadd

2002-07-27 Thread David Houghton
On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Gerald Clark wrote: > create a group called mysql > greate a user called mysql, and make it a member of the mysql group. There is no groupadd or useradd command on MacOSX. -- Dave Houghton [EMAIL PROTECTED] System M

Re: groupadd

2002-07-27 Thread David Houghton
Hello Thanks for getting back to. The real problem I have is that I am rtying to install mysql remotely and don't have access to the MacOSX console. Hence Netinfo is is not an option. On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Chris Garaffa wrote: > He who calles himself "Gerald Clark" (from > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)

Re: groupadd

2002-07-26 Thread Gerald Clark
p for mysql. Open your OSX manuals and start reading. David Houghton wrote: >On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Gerald Clark wrote: > >>create a group called mysql >>greate a user called mysql, and make it a member of the mysql group. >> > >There is no gr

groupadd

2002-07-25 Thread David Houghton
Hello I am trying to install mysql on macosx and in the INSTALL-BINARY file it says shell> groupadd mysql shell> useradd -g mysql mysql These commands are not available under MacOS X Regards -- Dave Houghton [EMAIL PROTECTED] System M

Re: purpose of "groupadd" and "useradd"

2001-04-22 Thread Jason Brooke
> Hi Everybody! > > Installing Mysql on a sparc sun solaris 2.7 machine. > The manual from msyql.com mentions adding "user" and > "group." > > What's the purpose of this? > Thanks for your help! My guess would be to have mysql running under it's own uid/gid in the event someone uses it to gain un

purpose of "groupadd" and "useradd"

2001-04-22 Thread Simon Chan
Hi Everybody! Installing Mysql on a sparc sun solaris 2.7 machine. The manual from msyql.com mentions adding "user" and "group." What's the purpose of this? Thanks for your help! __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at gre