<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I see that your new error is: >> ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user > 'root'@'localhost' >> (using password: YES) > Did you add the correct system root password to your > /etc/mysql/my.cnf file? > > After I do that I can run mysql with no -p parameter > at all.
Its probably been a while since you installed a brand new mysql when no db were present on your system but when you do (on gentoo) you are given a chance to run an emerge config command (forgot the exact incantation) to set it up. It prompts for a password. I gave it one. I got confused later thinking mysql wanted a `users' password. But apparently it doesn't really care about user if the correct password is given. I thought root pwd would override all as in the OS but it does not. I'm finding I can run all the gentoo specific scripts by using that initial password, and it seems once `grant priviledges' is run for a specific user, that user is then no longer queried for a password. One can simply edit the `grant_priviliges' script adding what every USER you want, but using the initial password. That may not apply everywhere.... I'm too green to know where and when yet. Thru mainly your help, and other posters here and on gentoo list I'm now getting started with the `bacula' part of this and seem to have appeased mysql enough to get going. I don't have specific questions at this point but need to do some concentrated tinkering for a while .... and when I do have specific question [as Arnold would say] I'll be back. Thanks for your many helpfull hints and the time you've spent posting and helping me. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
