Timothy Murphy <gayleard at ...> writes: > > Does anyone have experience of drupal installation under CentoOS-5.3 > with MySQL database preferably accessed through phpMyAdmin. > > I want to install drupal more or less as an experiment, > and I'm looking for a 1- or 2-page document > that just lists precisely what steps to take. > > I've had a quick look at the official installation instructions, > and I found them confusing and contradictory. > I installed Drupal 6 a while ago since I wanted something more powerful that WordPress. I captured my experience in a series of postings at: http://davenjudy.org/davesBlog/forum/22 Yes, you probably want to have a separate database user for Drupal. I don't think it's a requirement; just good practice. I found the book "Building powerful and robust websites with Drupal 6" by David Mercer to be very helpful. Cheers, Dave