Created and added the debian.cnf Do I need to put my mysqld password in that file?
Removed the contents of var/lib/mysql.
Started setup again. Went well until the same spot. user mysql was already in use
root# passwd mysql
passwd: /etc/shadow: bad record
passwd: /etc/shadow: bad record
passwd: /etc/shadow: bad record
Changing password for mysql
New password:
Retype password:
passwd: password for mysql changed by root
root# chown -R mysql /var/run/mysqld
root# chown -R mysql /var/log/mysql
root# mysqld --initialize-insecure --user=mysql
root# mysqld &
[1] 14531
root# mysqld -u root &
[2] 14834
[1] Exit 1 mysqld
Still no socket when it is running.