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diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index 94fe76f8408..d91d6c2ba5b 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -977,11 +977,14 @@ static void server_init(void)
}
}
+ /*
+ We have to first call set_user(), then set_root(), to get things to work
+ with glibc
+ */
+ set_user(mysqld_user); // Works also with mysqld_user==NULL
if (mysqld_chroot)
set_root(mysqld_chroot);
- set_user(mysqld_user); // set_user now takes care of mysqld_user==NULL
-
#ifdef __NT__
/* create named pipe */
if (Service.IsNT() && mysql_unix_port[0] && !opt_bootstrap)