loading in grant tables

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

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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 the