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Re: Missing MYSQL Database Upon New Installation
Posted by: Peter Brawley
Date: September 09, 2015 12:49PM

> I am a little confused by the fact that MySQL is both a client and server at the same time

"MySQL" is the brand. The name of the server is mysqld. The name of the client program is mysql.

> How do I access the "mysql" database?

In the mysql client, or any other program that provides an interface for SQL access to your MySQL server, issue SQL commands, eg ...

use mysql;
show tables;
select user,host,password from user;

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