[thelist] MySQL and Ubuntu8.04

[Eduardo Kienetz]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Chris Dorer <cdorer at gmail.com> wrote:

> /etc/init.d/mysql initdb


The universal way is running as your mysql user: mysql_install_db

is the way to initialize the db for fedora core. Also, you may wanna check
> that you have started the mysql daemon,
>
> /etc/init.d/mysql start
>
> to check the status of the mysql daemon if ubuntu supports it.
>
> /etc/init.d/mysql status


After starting it's a good idea to run: mysql_secure_installation

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Eduardo Bacchi Kienetz