On Sat, 30 Jun 2018 09:07:33 -0500 Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote:
> On 06/29/2018 03:01 PM, deloptes wrote: > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >> The initial setup to create users and associated passwords > >> specifically. Also anything else required for using it for the > >> first time. > > > > Hi, > > as you stated that you have time, just read some good howto. You > > must know that MariaDB is MySQL, so any MySQL introductory lesson > > will help. > > How to find a suitable one? > The ones I find are written assuming things that are never identified > or use some distro specific hack. Many presume a WEB-SERVER is > involved. I understand that MySQL's definition of server is somehow > different. I use phpmyadmin because I like it, and I'm not a touch-typist. But you can do anything via the command line, and I'm sure your minimal Linux has a shell. You can even do it via SQL, but you need some sort of client for that. Here's a start: at a Linux shell prompt, type: mysql -u root -p and from a new installation where no root password has been set, just hit return when it asks. Special free gift this month, your first MySQL command: show databases; Don't forget the semicolon, if you just hit return, MySQL/mariadb will just treat it as white space until it sees the next semicolon. Oh, yes, quit; will get you back out. > > My Debian install is minimalist. When given the opportunity near end > of install I specified only MATE desktop and 'standard' utilities. > > When in actual use my laptop will have *NO* connection to outside > world. > > Suggestions for finding a suitable tutorial/howto? Without using the Internet? Probably one of those three-inch books, then. This link (again) will get you a PDF or zipped HTML, on the left of the web page, near the top: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-getting-started/en/ Here: https://downloads.mysql.com/docs/refman-5.7-en.pdf is the full reference manual, when you're ready for it. -- Joe