Re: [Maria-discuss] Non-root install of MariaDB

Arun Jagatheesan <arun.jagatheesan.work@gmail.com> writes:

Is it mandatory to be a privileged user for MariaDB? (hope not so).

No, it's not.

Is there an existing documentation or any suggestions for a non-root instal of MariaDB on Linux (CentOS)?

I would suggest starting from the INSTALL file in the distribution, the sections "Installing MySQL from Generic Binaries on Unix/Linux" "MySQL Installation Using a Source Distribution" They describe installing from binary tarball or source as the root user, but should be easy to adapt to use non-priviledged user. - Kristian.