MySql painless deployment on Slackware

Hello everyone....I've decided to use my blog as a repository of material not strictly related to security so as to post more often and most of all to keep a track of useful configuration. As you can infer from the title we are going through a quick and painless MySql deployment on Slackware (my one and only distro of choice). First of all download MySql package from a slackware repository and install it with: - installpkg MySql-ver.tgz then we need to install the db with: - mysql_install_db change the permission of the mysql library to mysql user - cd /var/lib/;chown -R mysql:mysql mysql finally fire up the mysql daemon - /usr/bin/mysqld_safe & If you want to start the daemon at start-up you gotta issue: - chmod a+x /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld This concludes the little guide.