<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Oct 20, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Mo Issa wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div> <blockquote type="cite"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12pt">Hello all --<br> <br> after I successfully installed mysql and the server port using macports, I rebooted, then I’ve been trying to create the initial database but it just won’t work. I researched this all day and it still won’t work. I’m on Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.8 and I keep on getting this error message when I execute the command to install the db:<br> <br> <font color="#000080">sudo /opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql<br></font></span></font></blockquote></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I have heard unverified reports that using a user alias does not work for some things.</div><div><br></div><div>Try:</div><div><br></div><div><div>/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysql_install_db --user=_mysql</div></div><div><br></div><div>Also, to verify a user:</div><div><br></div><div>dscl . read Users/mysql</div><div>dscl . read Users/_mysql</div></div><div><br></div><br><div>Brad</div></body></html>