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How to add a group in BSD Unix
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Question:
The mysql install instructions tell me to create a new group 'mysql' and a user 'mysql'. But the suggested (standard unix) command groupadd does not work on my BSD system?Answer:
You need to run the following commands. Use tool pw to add groups and users, and notice the reverse order of arguments in the command to add a user.
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pw groupadd mysql pw useradd mysql -g mysql cd /usr/local ln -s /root/peter/mysql-5.0.45-freebsd6.0-i386 mysql cd mysql chown -R mysql . chgrp -R mysql . scripts/mysql_install_db --user=mysql chown -R root . chown -R mysql data bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql & | ||
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