[ic] Can't Get MySQL running with IC

[Ralph Alberti]

Thanks for all the great suggestions. I don't have anything to report
back yet but will do so right after I get back from the dentist (yuck!).
It looks as though I don't have the DB set up properly and that is
why I am running into problems. I will create a new user, create
an Interch user, and give them the appropriate permissions. I did
not create an Interch user in MySQL nor did I give the catalog user
index permission. From what I've read so far, these are probably
the cause of most of my problems.

I installed IC as root from an RPM and have been working from root.
What is the preferred login to use when creating catalogs? Root, 
Interch, or a normal user account?

  --Ralph


Brian Teague wrote:
> 
> Ralph Alberti wrote:
> 
> > Are you telling me that I need to create an Interchange user in MySQL
> > for
> > his to work? Interch?
> 
> well...i guess you *could* do it as root.  but i'm not sure, from a
> security point of view, i would be incredibly comfortable doing that.
> 
> >
> > I have been creating the catalogs as root and root has permissions in
> > MySQL to create, drop, etc... in MySQL.
> 
> here's how i went about it.
> 
> firstly, i didn't want the makecat script to create the DB for me.  if
> you create it yourself, you can make sure the interch user can access it
> before you go about actually creating your new catalog.
> 
> you can read through a MySQL book or tutorial (there's a pretty good one
> on the MySQL website) to tell you how to do these things manually.  me,
> i'm a wimp, and prefer to let the scripts that come w/ MySQL do it for
> me.  so, log in as root.  run mysql_setpermission, and give it your DBA
> password (assuming you set one!!)  select #2, give it a database name, a
> username (interch) and a password (whatever you want.)  when it asks
> from what host you wish to connect, you should probably say 'localhost',
> though a '%' for any host would be safe.  tell it "y", you want to
> implement this, then exit the program.
> 
> now.  before you run 'makecat', make *sure* you can access that database
> as that user.  run 'mysql -u USERNAME -p'  (replacing USERNAME with
> whatever user you selected), and give it the password when it asks.  if
> you *can* connect to the database server, try 'use DBNAME;', where
> DBNAME is the name of the database you created.  try creating a
> temporary table, then dropping it.
> 
> if that works, you're good to go.  one final thing:  in the mysql
> client, 'use mysql;' then 'select * from db;'  check that, for the user
> / db you just created (probably on the last line) you have 'Y' set for
> all the privleges but 'Grant_priv.'
> 
> try makecat (make SURE to give it the right user, db, password!) then
> restart your interchanger server.  you should get a bunch of stuff
> scrolling by as it creates the default databases.
> 
> if it still doesn't work, reply with the contents of 'use mysql;',
> 'select * from db;', and 'select * from user;'
> 
> >
> > I've been using most of the defaults I am presented with during the
> > makecat scripts.
> >
> 
> one more thing.  are you using Linux?  i coulnd't get 'sockets' to work
> for me, i had to use the INET setting.  that tricked me up for, oh, 8
> hours worth of work.  (-;
> 
> > Thanks for helping me out on this. If I can just get past the DB part,
> > I think I'll be fine.
> >
> >   --Ralph
> >
> 
> --
> Brian Teague
> Baker '04
> Rice University
> 
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> Turn your back on dissent
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