MySQL install (2.6)

Verify/Install MySQL

Confirm whether or not MySQL is installed on your system by checking the version from the command line:

mysql --version

mysql  Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.51a, for apple-darwin8.11.1 (i686) using readline 5.0

If MySQL is not installed, download and install the MySQL 5.0 package or binaries:

MySQL Community Server
MySQL 5.0	http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html

Assign a password for the root account:

mysql -u root -pmysqlpassword

Create a Sakai database and user/password:

mysql -u root -p
Enter password: ******
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.

Your MySQL connection id is 51 to server version: 4.1.5-gamma-nt

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

mysql> create database sakai default character set utf8;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> grant all on sakai.* to sakaiuser@'localhost' identified by 'sakaipassword';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec

mysql> grant all on sakai.* to sakaiuser@'127.0.0.1' identified by 'sakaipassword';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> quit