Install and configure MySQL on Slackware

type mc

go to /etc/

copy my-large.cnf to my.cnf by pressing ctrl+F5

make the destination to /etc/my.cnf

press alt+o to save on the last opened window

press ctrl+F10 to exit from mc

type mysql_install_db

chown -R mysql:mysql /var/lib/MySQL

/etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld stop

/etc/rc.d/rc.mydsqld start

ps aux | grep mysql | grep -v grep

mysql should be listed

set root password

UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('MyNewPass') WHERE User='root';