Debian
From Hashmysql
Installation
To install the server package: apt-get install mysql-server
To enable MySQL on startup: Enabled by default
To start the MySQL server: Started by default. /etc/init.d/mysql {start|stop|restart}
To set up MySQL's root user password mysqladmin -u root password your-new-password
In addition, to also remove anonymous users and test database: mysql_secure_installation
Default Layout
my.cnf: /etc/mysql/my.cnf
datadir: /var/lib/mysql
socket file: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
Error Log: /var/log/syslog
