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Chown Not Responding as I expected

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I recently changed the permission of mysql, /var/lib/mysql so I could save a database in it manually (was only option currently, instead of importing it the proper way). To do so, I had to change the permissions from username: MySQL Server and group: mysql. When I tried to change it back I got this error: chown: invalid user: ‘MySQL’... Where to now?

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answered 3 Years ago tersle · Accepted Answer

The username is probably mysql, not "MySQL Server" or "MySQL". Remember, everything in Linux is case sensitive.

You can also find out the exact username by running grep -i mysql /etc/passwd and take a look at the first word, that's the username.