mysql/README

   1 README for mysql 5.x.xx
   2
   3 REQUIREMENTS
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   5 PRE-INSTALL
   6    Run the included pre-install script to create a new
   7    user/group mysql.
   8
   9 POST-INSTALL
  10 1. Fix user/group of your mysql databases and the log file
  11    if you are upgrading mysql from 5.0.x:
  12    chown -R mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql
  13    chown mysql:mysql /var/log/mysqld.log
  14 2. run 'mysql_install_db' to build the system database
  15    in /var/lib/mysql
  16 3. run 'mysql_upgrade' to add new privileges and features
  17    to the MySQL privilege tables if you have databases
  18    created with older versions of mysql
  19 4. Set a password for the mysql root user:
  20    mysqladmin -u root password <mysql_root_password>
  21
  22 PRECAUTION
  23 1. With the default configuration networking support for
  24    mysql is disabled, meaning the mysql daemon is accessable
  25    from localhost only.
  26    To add networking support comment out the 'skip-networking'
  27    line in /etc/my.cnf.
  28 2. If you upgrade from mysql 4.0.x you must recompile the
  29    other packages on your system that are linked against the
  30    mysql client libraries (libmysqlclient).
  31    To obtain such a list of packages for your system, you
  32    may use the command 'prt-get dependent mysql' or use yapo
  33    to list the packages.
  34
  35 INNODB
  36   InnoDB table type support is compiled in but disabled by
  37   default. Comment out the skip-innodb line in /etc/my.cnf
  38   to fully enable InnoDB support.