Camster342 wrote:
I think synaptic has done most or all of that and I that should go on to post-installation setup and testing, but how do you tell? There is no sign of mysql on my user menu. Do I need to add rod to the mysql user group?
It's likely that synaptic has also done post-installation tasks as well... You should be able to log in with the root mysql user and set up some initial mysql users. To make things slightly more confusing, mysql has an entirely seperate user list for itself.
It certainly won't hurt to add rod to the mysql group. This would only control access to the mysql binary and its friends (mysqladmin, etc...). If the mysql port is open, and mysql is setup to listen on it, you can also connect from another machine using a mysql-client of some sort, without logging into a shell on the machine where the mysql server is located.
Your mysql is probably ready to be logged into, with user root and a blank password. try
mysql -u root
and see what happens. You should get a couple of status lines about the server, and a prompt. In this mysql-cli you can type '\?' to get some help with commands and '\q' to quit.
There are plenty of sites on the net that will guide you through making your mysql server is secure, and setting up initial users. At least just make sure to give your mysql root user a password.
-- Cameron
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Thanks mysql -u root Shows it is running. Now I can get started. Rod