Thanks, Darren, I'll take a look at that, with Laura's advice on currency in mind.
Drupal installers which automatically create databases are available. For an example, see http://packages.debian.org/etch-backports/drupal5.
On Nov 14, 2008, at 12:19 PM, Laura Scott wrote:
There are also security reasons. It's not good for Apache to have such powerful permissions. It raises the stakes on security. Ultimately the easiest installer is operated outside of the Apache user.
Laura