[thelist] MySQL and Ubuntu8.04

Chris Dorer cdorer at gmail.com
Thu Oct 23 13:13:45 CDT 2008


It might be that you have not initialized the mysql db server first.

Typically on fresh installs, you have the server binaries, but no db
initialized.  I'd also check for that

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Steve <marathon.durandal at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 02:29:49PM +0000, Kevin Timmins wrote:
> >
> > Hi there,
> > Yeah i tried the blank one and also tried many combinations of sudo with
> various common passwords, ie password root admin etc etc etc
> > i think i am just going to completely uninstal it and then rebuild it,
> the person who did it originally was learning as he was setting it up so may
> not have know what was happening etc. i will keep ya'll posted though.
> > cheers
> > kev.
>
> I would ask on the Ubuntu specific lists as being based on Debian they
> probably have different default setups for MySQL then say Slackware or an
> RPM based distro has.
>
> My default Debian Lenny used a blank pwd originally.
>
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> Best Regards,
>
> Steve
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