We have this problem too with LDAP enabled boxes. Tomcat is another RPM 
that can even hang with this issue.

I'll be interested in the resolution.

Jan Kundrát wrote:
> Hi Troy,
> immediately after installing mysql-server-5.0.45-7.el5 and calling 
> `/etc/init.d/mysqld start`, it complains that there's no user:group 
> mysql:mysql, which is indeed the case on a freshly installed box.
> 
> This was the output of `yum install` command:
> 
> Installing: mysql-server                 ####################### [10/11]
> warning: user mysql does not exist - using root
> warning: user mysql does not exist - using root
> warning: user mysql does not exist - using root
> 
> Although this box was converted to LDAP using a custom cfengine setup, 
> other RPMs (httpd) create their users without any problems.
> 
> Cheers,
> -jkt


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