mysql install error

[jdm34]

I just installed the mysql tarbell dist on RedHat 6.2 and everything compiled successfully. I ran mysql_install_db and then tried running mysql using safe_mysqld, but i got the error:

[root@www bin]# ./safe_mysqld
chown: mysql: invalid user
Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/var
011010 09:36:36 mysqld ended

Any ideas?

[bdg1983]

Does the documentation say to create a user 'mysql'?

Check to see if user 'mysql exists in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow.

[Nekopa]

There is also a newbieized help file on this site work getting MySQL up and running too'

MySQL (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/webserving/a_m_f1.html)

Good luck :)

Lee