MySQL in a Nutshell

Postinstallation

After you’ve finished installing MySQL on your server, you should perform a few tasks before allowing others to begin using the service. You may want to configure the server differently by making changes to the configuration file. At a minimum, you should change the password for the root user and add some nonadministrative users. MySQL is initially set up with anonymous users. You should delete them. This section will briefly explain these tasks.

Although the MySQL developers have set the server daemon to the recommended configuration, you may want to set the daemon differently. For instance, you may want to turn on error logging. To do this, you will need to edit the main configuration file for MySQL. On Unix systems, this file is /etc/my.cnf. On Windows systems, the main configuration file is usually either c:\windows\my.ini or c:\my.cnf. The configuration file is a simple text file that you can edit with a plain-text editor, not a word processor. The configuration file is organized into sections or groups under a heading name contained in square brackets. For instance, settings for the server daemon mysqld are listed under the group heading [mysqld]. Under this heading you could add something like log = /var/log/mysql to enable logging and to set the directory for the log files to the one given. You can list many options in the file for a particular group. For a complete listing and explanation of these options, see Chapter 10.

You can change the password for the ...