@mk OK, I have a database for Wordpress, and a special database user for that, and given that users all privileges for that database only (i.e. only for WP usage). #progress! time for some food!
@mk well I give up for today: database and Db user created, and I can login as that user in phpMyAdmin. But WP cannot connect to the DB server. I cannot figure out why. :-( time for my #hammock!