Collins Richey opined: > Resending this - it bounced. > > Has anyone got the magic touch with setting up mysql from scratch? > > gentoo, like most other distros, has no instructions. Package > installation is really simple on gentoo, but once you have mysql > installed, it's still a big boat anchor unless you know how to setup > the beast. I've managed to struggle through getting a mysqld started. > I'm able to enter some basic mysql commands, but I'm unable to > connect even to the standard test database, commands like mysqladmin > -u root -p password 'new password' prompt for a password that I don't > have, and I'm unable to run the standard run-all-tests test series. I > have user mysql (group mysql) and have set all the files in /var/mysql > to mysql.mysql.
The standard procedure for a new MySQL installation after compiling and installing it is: # cd MYSQLDIR # scripts/mysql_install_db # mysqladmin -u root -p password SECRETWORD If the third step fails, perhaps you didn't perform the second step. What is(are) the error message(s) you receive? Kurt _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
