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  [ben@vince wiki]$ mysql -u root -p 
  Enter password: 
  Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
  Your MySQL connection id is 5 to server version: 4.1.20
   
  Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
   
  mysql> create database wikidb;
  Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
   
  mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wikidb TO 'wikiuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '-----' WITH GRANT OPTION;
  ERROR 1046 (3D000): No database selected
  mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wikidb.* TO 'wikiuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '-----' WITH GRANT OPTION;
  Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)
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From my MacPorts install on my local machine:
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To start mysqld at boot time you have to copy
support-files/mysql.server to the right place for your system

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MySQL root USER !
To do so, start the server, then issue the following commands:

/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password'
/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h frieda.local password 'new-password'

Alternatively you can run:
/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysql_secure_installation

which will also give you the option of removing the test
databases and anonymous user created by default.  This is
strongly recommended for production servers.

See the manual for more instructions.

You can start the MySQL daemon with:
cd /opt/local ; /opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysqld_safe &

You can test the MySQL daemon with mysql-test-run.pl
cd /opt/local/mysql-test ; perl mysql-test-run.pl

Please report any problems with the /opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysqlbug script!

The latest information about MySQL is available at http://www.mysql.com/
Support MySQL by buying support/licenses from http://shop.mysql.com/
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