Bob Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a novice Unix user, and I can't get MySQL set up properly on my > Mac. It seems to have installed OK, but when I try to run the > mysql_install_ db script, I get errors. I can't set the root password > either that the documentation tells me to.
What exactly error did you get? > > As background, I just want to use MySQL to work with databases and PHP > and HTML to set up web pages for database input and output. I'm running > MySQL on my own machine at home, and have no use for passwords or any > other administrative functions. I'm just looking to use the program to > set up and query databases. > > Can anyone point me to a way to avoid all the UNIX admin stuff and run > the database? I can get in, but the mysql database doesn't appear when > I hit SHOW DATABASES as the tutuorial says, and I can't access or > create new databases. Database 'mysql' is created by mysql_install_db script. > I think all this may have something to do with my > user account on my machine, but I'm not savvy enough to know how to > override permissions, be root, or any of that stuff. Any hints? > -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
