Re: Missing MYSQL Database Upon New Installation

[Roddy Stegemann]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: OK. I got it. The MySQL prompt (mysql>) tells me that I am operating the MySQL client.

QUESTION ONE: When I open the ./mysql/bin/ I discover a variety of execution files. One of these is called mysql. Is this the client? If so, functionally speaking, what is the difference between ./bin/mysql and ./bin/mysqladmin?

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QUESTION TWO: How do I access the "mysql" database?

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BACKGROUND:

1) When I log in with mysql_safe --user=[account-owner], I cannot access the "mysql" database and
2) When I log in as root, type mysql> status; I can see that the active database is "mysql", but when I try to apply server commands like ./bin/mysqlshow to see its contents, I am unable.

QUESTION THREE: Why is this?