apache passwords?

[denisfinn]

Hola,
I just got Apache2Triad running (apache/mysql/php). I don't know any of the default passwords or if there even are ones. Could someone please guide me through how to change the passwords?

Thanks
DF

 

[RhythmAce]

There should be no passwords at this point. The only one(s) you should be concerned with is root's passord for mysql. By default there is none. When you login without a name from localhost, you are assumed to be root. There is no password for this account so you need to create one. There is no quick and simple way to explain how to add or edit users and grant them permissions and privileges. You may have gotten a program with triad called phpmyadmin which takes some of the sting out of learning mysql but you still need to learn the basics. DO NOT go live with mysql until you have at least assigned a password to root. To do that issue the following command:

c:/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root password your-password

You will need to change the path to where mysql's bin directory is. You will also of course, want to use a different password from "your-password" because now everybody here at tek-tips knows it.

 

[denisfinn]

ok, once i make the password then how do i get into mysql?

 

[RhythmAce]

If I wrote you a book, would you read it? What do you mean by "get into it". What do you want to do. If you have a specific task, I can give a specific answer. Mysql and most other DBMS aren't the type of programs that you start and a beautiful screen comes up with a buch of stuff for you to do on it. It is made up of several programs that get their input from the command line or a program or script. If you are looking for a gui for mysql, you will want to look at a program called phpmyadmin. You may also find more help in this forum:

http://www.tek-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?spid=436