Hi all,
I actually don't really see a security issue having the sock file in the same directory as the database files. We are very aware of the current problem, however only have very limited time.
We do not really want to use any system internal users or groups such as "mysql", as we can not guearantee these users and groups exists on every system. Apple changes this from release to release.
What we are currently working on is a kind of "setup"-Script which should after successfully installing XAMPP and executing it for the first time check all permissions and correct them if required.
As we are open source, anyone may contribute to the project. We are very happy for every piece of software and code snippets. Just register an account at
http://bugs.xampp.org and you may start contributing. Currently the OS X version of XAMPP is only maintained by PF4 (Florian Pollini) and myself "KriS" (Kristian Marcroft).
We are looking for people that actually know their way around creating installers and have very good MacOS X knowlege. Even users with not as good knowlege are welcome to contribute.
Of course participants that contribute will be credited in the Releasenotes etc.
Thanks
Kristian Marcroft