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

[Stuart Johnston]

I am sorry that I can't be more helpful but I wondered if you had tried 
the MySQL packages from whatever distro you are using, rather than the 
MySQL Community packages.


Stephen Davidson wrote:
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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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