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Thomas Arrow wrote:
Hi,Im trying to install mambo on my FC3 server. When I set it up i dont remember setting a mysql user or password. Does anyone know the defaults so I can use sqladministaration. I looked in the shadow file and found a user called mysql but I don't know if that is the user I need to create a new data base.Any help much apperciated. Thanks -- Tom (the younger) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html
If I understand you the mysql user that you have found is the system user that mysqld runs as, not a mysql db user. If you see what I mean.
If you haven't set any password / user when you installed mysql, then the default user is "root". I don't think that there is set a default password for this user, in otherwords it is blank.
Try "mysql -uroot -p" and enter a blank password when prompted.Whatever it is you can / should set the root password to something else and "flush privileges" afterwards.
I like to create a new mysql user, with minimal rights, for each program or site that uses mysql. But I imagine that everybody has their own ideas.
I hope this helps Wills -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html