[plug] mysql installation
Jim Householder
nofixed at westnet.com.au
Sun Jul 11 00:54:00 WST 2004
>
> Thanks Jim and William Kenworthy...
> I've removed and reinstalled twice, and get the feeling that the MDK has done
> their installation with a root password. I have indeed rtfm with little
> success - any effort to execute mysql -u root mysql or similar have all
> resulted in denial of access, contrary to what's described in the docs. I'm
> stumped. - but still trying. Very.
> It's not easy reading those docs - there are over 700 pages of 'em.
> Dave D
> _______________________________________________
Make sure when you uninstall, that you remove or otherwise hide /var/lib/mysql. It contains the initial databases and will not be changed when the software is reinstalled.
Jim
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