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Depending on which insallation you did, one may not have been created. I know I had to make my own. Do a search on google for php.ini and you will find instructions.

Use the NetInfo Manager... take a look at this site for some good info: http://www.phpmac.com/articles/view.php?id=41 If you go to the homepage of that same site, there is a new how-to on getting MySQL and PHP running for the total newbie and there are other how-to articles if you browse...

Just create the MySQL account now, and delete the other.

Wiz, I am trying to get MySQL to start as in your example but it doesn't start when I boot. So... I was digging around the forums looking for clues and I found a way to see what is happening at startup by typing: sudo SystemStarter restart anyhow... when I do this and watch the terminal, I...

Sorry... more on this. So... I am trying to get MySQL to load at startup so I followed the instructions in another thread and created the necessary files, but MySQL does not load. The script has this to start mysql: cd /usr/local/mysql ; /usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql...

ah yes... that much I assumed. after i installed both apache and mysql (got the instructions to do this off http://www.phpmac.com/ the last step of which for mysql is to do this: sudo scripts/mysql_install_db sudo chown -R root /usr/local/mysql sudo chown -R mysql /usr/local/mysql/data sudo...

definately need to sudo them to get them to start. see: ckline% apachectl start Processing config directory: /private/etc/httpd/users Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/ckline.conf fopen: Permission denied httpd: could not open error log file /private/var/log/httpd/error_log...

I don't actually mind starting apache and mysql when i need them, just was wondering why i had to start mysql from its install directory and not apache. also, is there a way to make it so i don't have to sudo to start apache/mysql?

so wiz, to get your startup XML script to work, I create a directory inside System/Library/StartupItems called mySQL and put your script in there with the correct path to my mySQL directory? Thanks

Is there a way to get mysql running without having to cd into the mysql directory first? to start apache all i need to do is type apachectl start - why all the directory stuff for mysql?