mysql/README



    1 README for mysql 5.x.xx
    2 
    3 REQUIREMENTS
    4 
    5 PRE-INSTALL
    6    Run the included pre-install script to create a new
    7    user/group mysql.
    8 
    9 POST-INSTALL
   10 1. Fix user/group of your mysql databases and the log file
   11    if you are upgrading mysql from 5.0.x:
   12    chown -R mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql
   13    chown mysql:mysql /var/log/mysqld.log
   14 2. run 'mysql_install_db' to build the system database
   15    in /var/lib/mysql
   16 3. run 'mysql_upgrade' to add new privileges and features 
   17    to the MySQL privilege tables if you have databases
   18    created with older versions of mysql
   19 4. Set a password for the mysql root user:
   20    mysqladmin -u root password <mysql_root_password>
   21 
   22 PRECAUTION 
   23 1. With the default configuration networking support for 
   24    mysql is disabled, meaning the mysql daemon is accessable 
   25    from localhost only. 
   26    To add networking support comment out the 'skip-networking' 
   27    line in /etc/my.cnf. 
   28 2. If you upgrade from mysql 4.0.x you must recompile the 
   29    other packages on your system that are linked against the 
   30    mysql client libraries (libmysqlclient). 
   31    To obtain such a list of packages for your system, you 
   32    may use the command 'prt-get dependent mysql' or use yapo 
   33    to list the packages.
   34 
   35 INNODB
   36   InnoDB table type support is compiled in but disabled by
   37   default. Comment out the skip-innodb line in /etc/my.cnf
   38   to fully enable InnoDB support.