Jake,
I don't know if you have used Linux for a long time or not, but for the NOVICE
people there is a package you can install which will help with the database
creation and other tools. The package is called WEBMIN. This tool is very
good because it runs off the apache server and you can interact within the
browser. Need to add an user and you don't the SQL command then let webmin do
it for you.
Webmin does more that just MySQL, but for the novice's it is a good start.
Jake, I don't know if you have used Linux for a long time or not, but for the NOVICE people there is a package you can install which will help with the database creation and other tools. The package is called WEBMIN. This tool is very good because it runs off the apache server and you can interact within the browser. Need to add an user and you don't the SQL command then let webmin do it for you.
Webmin does more that just MySQL, but for the novice's it is a good start.
You can download webmin at http://www.webmin.com
HTH -- Cheers