[NTLUG:Discuss] Still NO Mysql - Is there at least a MySQL Mailing list?

[Stephen Davidson]

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Greetings.

I am now on Day 5 of trying to get a usable MySQL 5.1 install.  I could
REALLY use some Mysql help right now.  All that Googling has been doing
is listing a bunch of "me too" posts, but no solutions.  (The offer to
pay somebody to get this working for me is STILL open!)

Specifically, MySQL is still not usuable.  I eventually figured out the
last problem was several things;
1) No /tmp/mysql directory
2) No my.cnf file created installed anywhere
3) Attempts to write to /tmp/root by the mysql user, which did not have
any privileges.

So, I can now start it (I think, at least there is a running process)
using /etc/init.d, but I can't log on using ANY user whatsover;
steve at sda64:~> mysql -u mysql
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'mysql'@'localhost' (using
password: NO)

Using user ROOT, steve, or anything else also fails with similar error
messages.

MySQL reference documentation suggests that the Root user password
should be modified, and gives instructions for starting mysql from the
command line, followed by additional instructions to change the password.

The first command, after shutting down the server;
sda64:~ # su -c "/usr/sbin/mysqld --skip-grant" mysql &
[1] 21513
sda64:~ #
[1]+  Exit 1                  su -c "/usr/sbin/mysqld --skip-grant" mysql
sda64:~ #

There are no messages logged.

I don't even know where to start looking for this one.

Any suggestions/help would be welcome. If you know of anyone that might
have some ideas, it would be appreciated if you could forward this email
to them.  After 5 days of beating my head against the wall on this with
no end in sight, I would be happy to pay somebody for help.

Regards,
Steve
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