Description of problem: The mysql daemon gets run as the 'mysql' user, which is not created by the package at install time. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.23.53-3
Hi Crutcher, Are you sure you installed the mysql-server package. The mysql user is created when that package is installed. This is the output from a clean RHL 8.0 installation: [root@toll root]# su mysql su: user mysql does not exist [root@toll root]# rpm -qa | grep mysql [root@toll root]# rpm -i /tmp/mysql-3.23.52-3.i386.rpm /tmp/mysql-server-3.23.52-3.i386.rpm /tmp/perl-DBD-MySQL-2.1017-3.i386.rpm [root@toll root]# su mysql bash-2.05b$ whoami mysql The service mysqld start works fine as well.