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Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 14:33:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Slowping <jingsu@cs.washington.edu>
To: linux@u.washington.edu
Subject: MySQL daemon user
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Anyone know if it's okay to run the mySQL daemon as root?
I know that for PostgreSQL, it's a bad thing to run as root.  However, I
can't find any documentation anywhere on what the recommendation is for
mySQL.

Any input appreciated.
TIA

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