Create new MySQL database and new user

In Order to set up a new MySQL Database and a user on a linux server you need do the following steps.

E.g. to install MySQL on a debian Linux, e.g. Etch 4.0, you first install  the MySQL demon package by using apt-get:

linux.shell> apt-get install mysql-server
linux.shell> apt-get install mysql-client

Login as MySQL administrator with the command:

linux.shell> mysql -u root -p

The shell should prompt “mysql> “. “-u” announces the following user “root”, “-p” prompts the question for the password.

Take a look at the databases by tipping

linux.shell> show databases;

hint: the Semikolon “;” at the end of the command is important, the server interpretes this as end of the command.

to set up a new database use the command

linux.shell> create database YOUR_DATABASENAME;

Set up a User and take care to type in the ‘ in your linux.shell>

create user YOUR_USERNAME@localhost;
set password for YOUR_USERNAME@localhost = password('YOUR_PASSWORD');
grant ALL on YOUR_DATABASENAME.* to YOUR_USERNAME@localhost;

Explanation: These commands assign the User to the database.

Tipp: Do it shorter by

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASENAME.* TO 'USERNAME'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';

Step 1: Set up a new user for localhost access only. Replaye localhost by a domain by example in order to restrict the user access to that domain.

Step 2: Set the Password for the User. Do not forget the ‘.

Step 3: Give the User all rights by using “ALL”. You may differentiate “ALL” by optionally using: “SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP”

thats it. Your Database is ready to use. For example to install wordpress.