> Is "my-macs-name" really your mac's name ?
No, but it's very similar - surely that's not breaking things?
N

On 04/04/2010, at 11:11 PM, Jean-François Mertens wrote:
> On 03 Apr 2010, at 03:37, Alexander Hansen wrote:
>
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>> On 4/2/10 7:42 PM, Nathan Bailey wrote:
>>> I've having trouble installing/running mysql - the instructions  
>>> provided with the package (printed after installation) aren't  
>>> working. Specifically, the instructions I got were:
>>>> To start mysqld at boot time you have to copy
>>>> support-files/mysql.server to the right place for your system
>>>>
>>>> PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MySQL root USER !
>>>> To do so, start the server, then issue the following commands:
>>>> /sw/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password'
>>>> /sw/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h my-macs-name.local password 'new- 
>>>> password'
>>>> See the manual for more instructions.
>>>> You can start the MySQL daemon with:
>>>> cd /sw ; /sw/bin/mysqld_safe &
>>>>
>>>> You can test the MySQL daemon with mysql-test-run.pl
>>>> cd mysql-test ; perl mysql-test-run.pl
>>>>
>>>> Please report any problems with the /sw/bin/mysqlbug script!
>>>
>>> i) It isn't clear where support-files/mysql.server is - turns out  
>>> it is in /sw/share/mysql (can't fink provide the full path?)
>>
>> dpkg -S support-files/mysql.server
>>
>> Perhaps the instructions, as echoed, could be modified for an  
>> arbitrary
>> Fink tree.
>>
>>> ii) cd /sw ; /sw/bin/mysqld_safe & worked
>>> ii) /sw/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'somepass' worked
>>> iii) /sw/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h my-macs-name.local password  
>>> 'somepass' didn't, I got:
>>> /sw/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'my-macs-name.local' failed
>>> error: 'Host 'xx.xx.xx.xx' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL  
>>> server'
>
>

> JF Mertens
>


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