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2.9 Post-Installation Setup and Testing
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After installing MySQL, there are some issues you should address. For
example, on Unix, you should initialize the data directory and create
the MySQL grant tables. On all platforms, an important security
concern is that the initial accounts in the grant tables have no
passwords. You should assign passwords to prevent unauthorized access
to the MySQL server. For MySQL 4.1.3 and up, you can create time zone
tables to enable recognition of named time zones. (Currently, these
tables can be populated only on Unix. This problem will be addressed
soon for Windows.)
The following sections include post-installation procedures that are
specific to Windows systems and to Unix systems. Another section,
Starting server, applies to all platforms; it describes what to do if
you have trouble getting the server to start. Default
privileges also applies to all platforms. You should follow its
instructions to make sure that you have properly protected your MySQL
accounts by assigning passwords to them.
When you are ready to create additional user accounts, you can find
information on the MySQL access control system and account management in
Privilege system and User Account Management.
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