--- /etc/init.d/mysql.orig      2009-06-17 15:01:26.000000000 +0300
+++ /etc/init.d/mysql   2009-06-17 15:08:43.000000000 +0300
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@
                mysqld_thing="${mysqld_thing} --datadir=${datadir}"
                mysqld_thing="${mysqld_thing} --pid-file=${pidfile}"
                mysqld_thing="${mysqld_thing} --socket=${socket}"
+               mysqld_thing="${mysqld_thing} --user=mysql"

                wdebug 2 "starting mysqld with: ${mysqld_thing}"