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MySQL Source Installation Checklist

admin — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:14:41 +0000

Installation overview:
shell> groupadd mysql shell> useradd -g mysql mysql shell> gunzip cd mysql-VERSION shell> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql shell> make shell> make install shell> cp support-files/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf shell> cd /usr/local/mysql shell> bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql shell> chown -R root . shell> chown -R mysql var shell> chgrp -R mysql . shell> bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql & shell> /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root password \ 'new-password' shell> /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h \ www.hurricane-ridge.com password 'new-password'
Then, log into the database as root, and run the following commands to remove anonymous accounts:
use mysql; delete from user where User=''; delete from db where User=''; flush privileges;

admin — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:51:53 +0000

mysql> USE mysql; mysql> UPDATE user SET password = password('newpassword') WHERE User='username'; mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

admin — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:39:14 +0000

A brief summary of after-installation MySQL configuration when using FreeBSD’s ports system.

Log into the database as root, and run the following commands to remove anonymous accounts:use mysql; delete from user where User=''; delete from db where User=''; flush privileges; SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=PASSWORD('newgoodstrongpassword'); SET PASSWORD FOR root@127.0.0.1=PASSWORD('newgoodstrongpassword'); SET PASSWORD FOR root@host.example.com=PASSWORD('newgoodstrongpassword');