These instructions are for MySQL 5.0 on our Debian 4.0 system.
Install MySQL along with its pre-requisites:
apt-get install mysql-common mysql-client mysql-server
NOTE: The MySQL documentation is non-free, and not included with Debian. Use the online documentation provided at MySQL's site.
NOTE: In the following instructions, replace $MYSQL_ROOT with the actual password.
Set the password for MySQL root user. (If this doesn't work, rename your .my.cnf
file temporarily and try again).
export MYSQL_ROOT=$MYSQL_ROOT mysqladmin -u root password "$MYSQL_ROOT"
Create root's MySQL configuration file, and make sure nobody else can read it:
touch /root/.my.cnf chmod 0600 /root/.my.cnf
Edit the /root/.my.cnf
file to set the password when using various client programs:
[mysql] user = 'root' password = '$MYSQL_ROOT' # THIS IS NOT THE REAL PASSWORD; DO NOT CUT AND PASTE THIS! [mysqladmin] user = 'root' password = '$MYSQL_ROOT' # THIS IS NOT THE REAL PASSWORD; DO NOT CUT AND PASTE THIS!
I wanted to install mysql-doc package too, but it doesn't seem to exist even in the non-free section. This appears to be due to the MySQL corporation's licensing.
The Debian installation creates a MySQL user named "debian-sys-maint". This MySQL account is used in the start/stop and cron scripts. Don't delete it.
See /usr/share/doc/mysql-server-5.0/README.Debian.gz
for more information.
Could probably use some tuning and routine maintenance.
Backups.
Initially installed, configured, and documented by Craig Buchek, 2005-02-23.
Installed version 5.0 on 2007-06-08, Craig Buchek.