User issues in installation. New beginner

2001-12-05 Thread Faizal Mangera
Hey people, I've just set-up mysql on a redhat version6.1 of linux. I am new to both. If i log into the machine as root I can run mysql. If I log into the machine as a normal user I can't run mysql. Is it a case of permissions in linux? I need to be able to run mysql through a telnet window on

user permissions in linux

2001-12-12 Thread Faizal Mangera
Hi, I'm new to both MySQL and LINUX, however still managed to kind of get them up and running. I installed MySQL whilst I was logged in as ROOT. Now I can only run it when I log is as ROOT. How do change permissions of the other users so they can also run MySQL or create a new user which will