[thelist] Basics of MySQL on Local Server

Maximillian Schwanekamp anaxamaxan at neptunewebworks.com
Tue May 11 16:40:45 CDT 2004


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It's quite the painless process. When you are
through installing it, navigate to your mysql/bin directory locally
and start the server. You can launch the winMySQLAdmin.exe client too
(in the bin dir) if you want.
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Make sure you read the MySQL manual section on securing your MySQL install,
in short:
1. Delete the anonymous user  (e.g. DELETE FROM user WHERE user=''; then
reload)
2. Set a password for the MySQL root user.
3. Set hostname to localhost only for all users (assuming you're just doing
dev with this box)

Maximillian Von Schwanekamp
Dynamic Websites and E-Commerce
NeptuneWebworks.com
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