[mythtv-users] MySQL Setup Problem [SOLVED]

Quantum Scientific Info at Quantum-Sci.com
Tue Oct 26 20:49:36 UTC 2004


The confusion is that you can't understand WTF I'm talking about.  It's clear that the words I'm saying do not make sense to you, so no more trying.  I don't have time for shit from you Isaac.

This single issue throws countless users.  If anyone cares, there it is.  I tried.



On Tuesday 26 October 2004 15:19, Isaac Richards wrote:
> On Tuesday 26 October 2004 04:00 pm, Quantum Scientific wrote:
> > Look man, not to get into a big thing or anything, but after emerging MySQL
> > the instructions are: ===========================================
> > PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MySQL root USER !
> > To do so, start the server, then issue the following commands:
> > /etc/init.d/mysql start (you have to start the server first!)
> > /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h hydra password 'new-password'
> > /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password'
> > See the manual for more instructions.
> > ===========================================
> >
> > Now, most of us have learned to follow the instructions from an emerge.
> >
> > And for non-Gentooers, you get these EXACT SAME instructions when you
> > mysql_install_db.
> >
> > Why didn't you do this?
> 
> Those aren't the mythtv instructions.  What's the confusion here?  It's not 
> _our_ fault if you don't know how to properly tell mysql to use a password if 
> you specifically went out of your way and set one.  The docs even direct you 
> exactly where to go on mysql.com to find out about setting up a password, and 
> how to access the database once you've done that.


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