Information taken from help.ubuntu.com Starting  mysql  shell mysql -u root mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR ‘root’@'localhost’ = PASSWORD(‘yourpassword’); With password mysql -u root -p Create a mysql database mysql> CREATE DATABASE database1; Create a mysql user mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO ‘yourusername’@'localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘yourpassword’ WITH GRANT OPTION; mysql> GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, [...]