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Springfield  Getting Started with Mysql  Logging in to my SQL
for the first time. To login to the MySQL Database you need to
have logged on at uisacad.uis.edu and that you must have an
account for the MySQL Server. If you do not have an account,
please mail request at techsupport@uis.edu or go to to
http://uisacad.uis.edu/mysql to automatically create an account
and an email will be sent to your UIS account.  If you have
already an MySQL account, log on at uisacad, and from the shell
prompt type:  /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u<yourNetID> -p  then
enter your password when prompt appears  If your account matches
with the password, the mysql prompt should be displayed as
follows:   You may also type /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u -p at
the unix prompt but this will expose your password if somebody
is looking at your screen.  Changing Your Password In response
to the mysql> prompt, type  mysql>SET PAS