I can log into mysql using
safe_mysqld --skip-grant-tables &
mysql -u root -mysql
The directions say that from mysql I should be able to manually execute
the SQL commands in mysql_install_db
and then run mysqladmin flush-privileges afterword.
It is not apparent to me how to manually e
shell> groupadd mysql
shell> useradd -g mysql mysql
shell> cd /usr/local
shell> gunzip < /path/to/mysql-VERSION-OS.tar.gz | tar xvf -
shell> ln -s full-path-to-mysql-VERSION-OS mysql
shell> cd mysql
shell> scripts/mysql_install_db
shell> chown -R root .
shell> chown -R mysql data
I'm getting
