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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ LRR uses a database called `lrr`.  So create this database using MySQL root acco
 
 To facilitate data migration, I need to export the existing `lrr` to a plain text file (including many sql commands) and import that text file to the newly created `lrr` database on the new server.
 The command for exporting the database is `mysqldump -u mnc -p lrr > lrr_database_dump.sql`, where mnc after -u is MySQL's username, and lrr after -p is the database name.
-The command for importing is `mysql -u mnc -p lrr < lrr_database_dump.sql`.  Read [How to Import and Export MySQL Databases in Linux](https://phoenixnap.com/kb/import-and-export-mysql-database) for more detail. Do not have lrr_database_dump.sql?  You can use lrr_database.sql in this repo instead.
+The command for importing is `mysql -u username -p lrr < lrr_database_dump.sql`.  You must create database `lrr` first on your computer before doing the import. Read [How to Import and Export MySQL Databases in Linux](https://phoenixnap.com/kb/import-and-export-mysql-database) for more detail. Do not have lrr_database_dump.sql?  You can use lrr_database.sql in this repo instead.
 
 LRR also needs to store assignment submissions.  We store them in a folder called `../../lrr_submission`.  Note that `lrr_submission` is two levels above the project folder (where many PHP files reside).  I copied this folder from the existing one.  I think it is also OK if you create an empty folder.   
 We need to set a proper owner and accessibility for `lrr_submission` using the following two commands: