On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 16:07, Gordon Messmer wrote: > Doug Currey wrote: > > > > Create a mysql user. Give it a passwd but no permissoins. > > > > edit the /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld file > > > > change the line > > if !([ -n "`/usr/bin/mysqladmin ping 2> /dev/null`" ]); the > > > > to > > if !([ -n "`/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u mysqluser -puserpass ping 2> > > /dev/null`" ]); then > > > > This should alllow the mysqluser to ping > > Or... *don't* add a user, just change the line to: > > if !([ -n "`/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u UNKNOWN_USER ping 2> /dev/null`" ]); then > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > This had already been brought up on the mailing list before. perl -pi -e 's/mysqladmin ping/mysqladmin -u dummyuser ping/g' /etc/init.d/mysqld This will be in the next update of mysql. Ryan