[opencms-dev] Setup question - initial database connection

Robert Petermeier robert2.0 at gmx.de
Sat Mar 5 19:48:34 CET 2005


David Penton schrieb:
> It is not documented that one must create the user before running the
> opencms setup. How should this be done?
> 
> If one uses the GRANT command in mysql, the database must already exist,
> I think.

No. Access control in MySQL is stored in a special database with (IIRC)
six tables and not in the application's database itself. Just use the
GRANT command to grant the necessary permissions on the (not yet
existing) database 'opencms', then run setup.


Regards,
Robert



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