Install MySQL on RedHat Linux 6

1) Install the MySQL core components: yum install -y mysql mysql-server 2) Start MySQL. service mysqld start 3) Add a MySQL root user (this is an internal MySQL account and has nothing to do with the Linux root user). mysqladmin -u root password 'password' 4) Authenticate in MySQL as root. After entering the root password, a mysql> prompt will be shown [root]# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1
Server version: 5.1.61 Source distribution

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mysql>
5) Check the MySQL internal users. Be sure to include the semicolon at the end of the command. mysql> select host, user, password from user;
+---------------------+------------+-------------------------------------------+
| host                | user       | password                                  |
+---------------------+------------+-------------------------------------------+
| localhost           | root       | *1CF65C563AC2756B0409CB694208C3F2DAC5E7EA |
| rose.com            | root       |                                           |
| 127.0.0.1           | root       |                                           |
| localhost           |            |                                           |
| rose.com            |            |                                           |
+---------------------+------------+-------------------------------------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> 6) Create a MySQL user: mysql> CREATE USER 'mysqluser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mysqlpassword'; 7) Give the new user DBA permissions: mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'mysqluser'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION; 8) Exit from the MySQL management interface: mysql> quit
Bye 9) Test the new user: [root]# mysql -u mysqlUser -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 2
Server version: 5.1.61 Source distribution

Copyright (c) 2000, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

mysql> quit
bye