Recovered from the older tannerjc.net wiki snapshot dated January 23, 2016.

Create a new user and database for a web app

[root@server sites]# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 117675
Server version: 5.0.45 Source distribution

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

mysql create user 'drupal'@'localhost' identified by 'some_pass';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.04 sec)

mysql create database drupal;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql grant all privileges on drupal.* to 'druapl'@'localhost';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql quit
Bye

change password

shell SET PASSWORD FOR 'jeffrey'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('mypass');

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/assigning-passwords.html

viewing data

mysql show databases;
+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| devtrianglebeats   |
| gallery2_john      |
| john_wp            |
| mysql              |
| trianglebeats      |
+--------------------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql use trianglebeats;
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A

Database changed
mysql show tables;
+-----------------------------+
| Tables_in_trianglebeats     |
+-----------------------------+
| access                      |
| actions                     |
| actions_aid                 |
| authmap                     |
| batch                       |
| blocks                      |
| blocks_roles                |
| boxes                       |
| cache                       |
| cache_block                 |
| cache_content               |
| cache_filter                |
| cache_form                  |
| cache_menu                  |
| cache_mollom                |
| cache_page                  |
| cache_update                |
| cache_views                 |
| cache_views_data            |
| comments                    |
| content_node_field          |
| content_node_field_instance |
| content_type_event          |
| date_format_locale          |
| date_format_types           |
| date_formats                |
| files                       |
| filter_formats              |
| filters                     |
| flood                       |
| forum                       |
| history                     |
| listhandler                 |
| listhandler_prefix          |
| mailhandler                 |
| mailman_lists               |
| mailman_users               |
| menu_custom                 |
| menu_links                  |
| menu_router                 |
| mollom                      |
| mollom_form                 |
| node                        |
| node_access                 |
| node_comment_statistics     |
| node_counter                |
| node_revisions              |
| node_type                   |
| nodewords                   |
| nodewords_custom            |
| permission                  |
| role                        |
| search_dataset              |
| search_index                |
| search_node_links           |
| search_total                |
| semaphore                   |
| sessions                    |
| system                      |
| term_data                   |
| term_hierarchy              |
| term_node                   |
| term_relation               |
| term_synonym                |
| upload                      |
| url_alias                   |
| users                       |
| users_roles                 |
| variable                    |
| views_display               |
| views_object_cache          |
| views_view                  |
| vocabulary                  |
| vocabulary_node_types       |
| watchdog                    |
+-----------------------------+
75 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql describe users;
+------------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field            | Type             | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
+------------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| uid              | int(10) unsigned | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
| name             | varchar(60)      | NO   | UNI |         |                |
| pass             | varchar(32)      | NO   |     |         |                |
| mail             | varchar(64)      | YES  | MUL |         |                |
| mode             | tinyint(4)       | NO   |     | 0       |                |
| sort             | tinyint(4)       | YES  |     | 0       |                |
| threshold        | tinyint(4)       | YES  |     | 0       |                |
| theme            | varchar(255)     | NO   |     |         |                |
| signature        | varchar(255)     | NO   |     |         |                |
| signature_format | smallint(6)      | NO   |     | 0       |                |
| created          | int(11)          | NO   | MUL | 0       |                |
| access           | int(11)          | NO   | MUL | 0       |                |
| login            | int(11)          | NO   |     | 0       |                |
| status           | tinyint(4)       | NO   |     | 0       |                |
| timezone         | varchar(8)       | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| language         | varchar(12)      | NO   |     |         |                |
| picture          | varchar(255)     | NO   |     |         |                |
| init             | varchar(64)      | YES  |     |         |                |
| data             | longtext         | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| timezone_name    | varchar(50)      | NO   |     |         |                |
+------------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
20 rows in set (0.01 sec)

mysql select name from users;
+-------------------------+
| name                    |
+-------------------------+
|                         |
| afreeman                |
| Alan_D                  |
| andrius                 |
| awcrosby                |
| a_w                     |
| BrianSD                 |
| Cuban_Rave.Bunny        |
| Daxter75                |
| DJ Nugz                 |
| dj40oz                  |
| djfm                    |
| Djpsylo                 |
| Dr. Brutus Powers       |
| ewhirsh                 |
| Feinberg                |
| fiddle                  |
| jbredhat                |
| JBstrikesagain          |
| jbyahoo                 |
| John Brier              |
| Mail Delivery Subsystem |
| McSwizzle               |
| pcon                    |
| purrfekt                |
| rarousse                |
| Sean Hennessey          |
| SHATTA                  |
| snack                   |
| Trixie Peach            |
| uzoma                   |
| W08                     |
+-------------------------+
32 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql

Backup and restore

shell mysqldump db_name  backup-file.sql

shell mysql db_name  backup-file.sql

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqldump.html

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