Re: Problem with Mysql

["Adrian D'Costa" <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think that you would have got the answer by now, but initally mysql does
not need a password.  You can just login without the password, then change
it using mysqladmin  newpassword.  

Adrian

On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Luis wrote:

> I read the manual plus look on the site. I been having trouble setting up a
> password for root.
> here's the message i get.
> 
> First I run this
> 
> $mysql_install_db
> 
> $mysqladmin -u root -p password 'newpassword'
> 
> Enter password:  < I enter the password same as above >
> 
> mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> 
> error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES)'
> 
> now can someone tell me what i'm doing wrong. I download the
> 
> MySQL-3.23.33-1.i386.rpm
> MySQL-bench-3.23.33-1.i386.rpm
> MySQL-client-3.23.33-1.i386.rpm
> MySQL-devel-3.23.33-1.i386.rpm
> MySQL-shared-3.23.33-1.i386.rpm
> 
> 
> Thank you for the help
> 
> Luis
> 
> 


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