Thanks for this fresh new HOWTO, arfon. I just read it through and have a small suggestion to make. Can you eventually elaborate a little bit on a few operations? E. g. why do permissions to /var/lib/mysql have to be set manually (and why does the vanilla package not default to them? Why comment out the line with --skip-networking? What effect does it have on the running MySQL? Cheers. [[wiki:user:kikinovak|Niki Kovacs]] Tue Sep 11 21:16:27 CEST 2012 I corrected few things here and there (formatting, typo), removed one unnecessary step and added few explanations. I hope author doesn't mind. --- //[[wiki:user:yenn|Martin Matějek]] 2012/09/12 15:59// ---- Hi, Thanks for the howto. I have added two of the most common issues that I encounter almost on a daily basis. As for skip-networking, this makes the server blocked for connections from the outside so you will need to access the socket files directly and not via TCP. uncommenting that line or using --bind-address can make the server very secure from the outside.\\ --- //[[wiki:user:cmyster|Amit Ugol]] 2012/09/23 08:05// ---- Edited some headers, corrected a few typos, and added a few things ([[howtos:databases:install_mysql_on_slackware?do=diff&rev2%5B0%5D=1348626957&rev2%5B1%5D=&difftype=sidebyside|diffs]]). Hope the author wont mind. --- //[[wiki:user:zithro|zithro]] 2012/09/29 09:42// ---- My I recommend added a link to the software homepage and an explanation of the software. Additionally, Can you add the steps to add a new user, set user permissions and adding a new schema? --- //[[wiki:user:mfillpot|Matthew Fillpot]] 2012/12/19 18:26// ---- You must forgive me, when I do HOWTOs/instructions, I do them simple and direct (wordy explanations tend to confuse/bore me). PLEASE feel free to edit this and elaborate however you guys want. I don't own the howto, I just got it started. --- //[[wiki:user:arfon|arfon]] 20121221 4:48pm \\ Added chapter about utf8 config of mysql, maybe need small editing... --- //[[wiki:user:wisedraco|John Ciemgals]] 2013/02/11 08:52//