Wrestling with mysql (thread elsewhere), I find I cannot view /var/lib/mysql as user. Viewing it with sudo shows that all files have owner and group as "mysql." Yet in System Settings/User Manager, I made sure that the list of my Secondary Groups includes "mysql".
Shouldn't this allow me to view and change permissions of files owned by "mysql"?
I'm no "new guy" but feel like one frequently. This has got to be a pretty basic question, fundamentally about the meaning of a user's membership in various groups.
Oops, forgot Snowhog's request. Lucid 10.04.1, KDE 4.5.1. I don't imagine the other stuff (CPU, video card, etc.) is relevant.
Shouldn't this allow me to view and change permissions of files owned by "mysql"?
I'm no "new guy" but feel like one frequently. This has got to be a pretty basic question, fundamentally about the meaning of a user's membership in various groups.
Oops, forgot Snowhog's request. Lucid 10.04.1, KDE 4.5.1. I don't imagine the other stuff (CPU, video card, etc.) is relevant.
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