Joe Klemmer wrote: > Good day/night/whatever fellow techies, > > I've come to a small problem managing mysql on CentOS 4.7 box[1]. When > I have done things on mysql on my desktop systems it was always just for > personal use so I would be lazy and put everything under the "test" db > so I didn't have to deal with all that security. But I find that I need > to put some db's on the "production" box and could use a little > assistance. > > I can manage with the bulk of the work but since mysql is all > pre-configured on RH based systems I don't know where to find the root > password or any other tidbits needed to get started. Access to the > grant and other admin db's and tables is all I believe I need. Looking > through the docs on centos.org didn't reveal anything to me (or I just > missed it). > > So the end result of this message is simply can someone point me to the > howto use mysql on CentOS/RHEL info. I just need to be able to start > adding db's and such. Once there I'm good to go. > > Thank you in advance, > Joe > > > [1] I know, I should upgrade but, as I mentioned, I'm a real lazy guy. > I don't know nuttin' about mysql but there's something about the root password here: http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_39_4177.shtm