MySQL Installation
After you have installed MySQL make sure you :Secure
Secure your mysql root account(s) by setting a root password, delete anonymous users and test databases0)
# /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation
1)
localhost
$ /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password'
2)
yoursvr.yourdom
$ /usr/bin/mysqladmin -h yoursvr.yourdom -u root -p password 'new-password'
Tune
Chose an appropriate my.cnf from /usr/share/doc/mysql-server# pwd /usr/share/doc/mysql-server-5.0.77 # ls -l total 52 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4972 Jan 29 2010 my-huge.cnf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20970 Jan 29 2010 my-innodb-heavy-4G.cnf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4948 Jan 29 2010 my-large.cnf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4955 Jan 29 2010 my-medium.cnf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2526 Jan 29 2010 my-small.cnf
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MySqlAdministration
