[drupal-docs] [task] INSTALL.txt clarifications

[webchick]

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 Project:      Documentation
 Version:      <none>
 Component:    Installation
 Category:     tasks
 Priority:     normal
 Assigned to:  Anonymous
 Reported by:  webchick
 Updated by:   webchick
 Status:       active

I don't have time at the moment to work on this, but here's a blurb that
just took place in #drupal-support:


<xmt> hi, i installed drupal under linux. the installation guide tells
me i have to create a database. but this does not work:
<xmt> mysqladmin -u dba_user -p create drupal
<xmt> Enter password:
<xmt> mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
<xmt> error: 'Access denied for user 'dba_user'@'localhost' (using
password: YES)'
<xmt> i think there is no user dba_user in mysql
<xmt> do i have to create a drupal db user? how?


A note should probably be added that "dba_user" should be replaced with
whatever their mysql username is (or root, if none have been defined
yet).


<xmt> next difficulty is this:
<xmt> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON drupal.*
<xmt>        TO nobody at localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
<xmt> so nobody is root in my case?


It should probably also be made clear that this GRANT ALL .... will
create a new user called 'nobody' if it does not already exist.


I know these points are pretty obvious for people who've been working
with MySQL for awhile, but it's obviously tripping up some of the
newbies out there, and a little rewording wouldn't hurt.


As a side note, GRANT ALL?? That seems a little overly generous?


Additionally, there are approximately 80 kabillion comments on this
handbook page:
http://drupal.org/node/260


...which probably need to be gone through to see what is outdated and
what should make it into INSTALL.txt.




webchick