installing Mysql with YUM in CentOs

1 install application
yum install mysql
yum install mysql-server
yum install mysql-devel
service mysqld start



2 Set the passwords for your root account like so

/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password'
/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h hostname password 'new-password'

3 config iptables for accessing by local network
#vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables
add "-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 3306 -j ACCEPT"
# service iptables restart