I installed and set up MySQL on Snow Leopard, and created a Launch Deamon to start MySQL automatically (Got it from this tutorial). But the step to verify that it is working, doesn't work for me:
mysql -uroot
That is because I have to log in with a password:
mysql -uroot -p
Will this be a problem when it tries to start?
No. The daemon ( server ) is completely separate from what you're trying to run, which is the client. It's like the difference between a web server and a browser. The server can run all day long and not care whether you've got a browser running or not.
I don't know how Mac init scripts run, but if mysqld (note the 'd' suffix) is ever running at all, it should continue to run in the background.
It shouldn't be. Given I've never set up mysql on a mac but there isn't any reason for it to request a password to start a daemon. mysql daemeons start without passwords on unix and windows servers all the time. If it does... find a different tutorial because that one is doing it wrong, imo.
The password you mentioned is just needed to access the server, but not to start it. You server should start without any problems if you did install it correctly. Normally I just download the binary from mysql.com and install it. No configuration needed.
