Where is my mysql log on OS X?

As Chealion mentioned, there are several ways that your mysql could have been installed. Each of which will place your data dir and/or logs in different locations. The following command will give you (and us) a good indication of where to look. ps auxww|grep [m]ysqld # Putting brackets around the first char is a `grep`+`ps` … Read more

How do I create user accounts from the Terminal in Mac OS X 10.5?

Use the dscl command. This example would create the user “luser”, like so: dscl . -create /Users/luser dscl . -create /Users/luser UserShell /bin/bash dscl . -create /Users/luser RealName “Lucius Q. User” dscl . -create /Users/luser UniqueID “1010” dscl . -create /Users/luser PrimaryGroupID 80 dscl . -create /Users/luser NFSHomeDirectory /Users/luser You can then use passwd to … Read more