--- a/files/init.d-2.2	2018-04-26 10:56:44.452592421 -0400
+++ b/files/init.d-2.2	2018-04-26 11:55:20.408548260 -0400
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 	fi
 
 	# tail -n1 is critical as these we only want the last instance of the option
+	local user=$(get_config "${MY_CNF}" user | tail -n1)
 	local basedir=$(get_config "${MY_CNF}" basedir | tail -n1)
 	local pidfile=$(get_config "${MY_CNF}" pid-file | tail -n1)
 	local socket=$(get_config "${MY_CNF}" socket | tail -n1)
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@
 	fi
 
 	local piddir="${pidfile%/*}"
-	checkpath -d --owner mysql:mysql --mode 0755 "$piddir"
+	checkpath -d --owner "${user}" --mode 0755 "$piddir"
 	rc=$?
 	if [ $rc -ne 0 ]; then
 		eerror "Directory $piddir for pidfile does not exist and cannot be created"
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@
 	start-stop-daemon \
 		${DEBUG:+"--verbose"} \
 		--start \
+		--user "${user}" \
 		--exec "${basedir}"/sbin/mysqld \
 		--pidfile "${pidfile}" \
 		--background \