I'm new to MySQL, so I hope the gurus will catch anything I get wrong below. However,
this methodology worked for me.
At 3:38 PM + 12/20/01, Matthew Darcy wrote:
I have set the root password for the mysql install.
I have read the manual and want to make a new database. I ran
Our brand new, fresh install of 3.23.46 won't let us set the password for the root
user because one seems to already be set. Even after wiping the ...mysql/data/mysql
directory clean and rerunning mysql_install_db, we still get an Enter password:
prompt when attempting to set the root user
At 8:19 AM -0700 12/10/01, Chris Bolt wrote:
Our brand new, fresh install of 3.23.46 won't let us set the
password for the root user because one seems to already be set.
Even after wiping the ...mysql/data/mysql directory clean and
rerunning mysql_install_db, we still get an Enter password:
I'm stuck trying to figure out how to install this thing. What I've tried:
* The download doesn't contain a standard MacOS .pkg so I can't do a GUI install.
* The command-line instructions require the groupadd command in step #1, but MacOS
doesn't support this due to the existence of the
Sorry--found the info:
http://www.latencyzero.com/macosx/mysql.html
http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/mysql/
-Kurt
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Before posting, please check:
http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual)
Why does the MacOS X build of MySQL 3.23 include a manual.html that contains install
instructions for only Linux and Windows? I'm stuck trying to figure out how to
install this thing. MacOS has no groupadd command (due to the existence of the
NetInfo system), so the manual install
