You can also change the password by loggin in as root, and use mysql,
change the password entry in the table user (with SQL statements, don't
forget to use password=password('$password') instead of
password=$password).Ron Rademaker On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Northwest Advantage wrote: > > Please cc [EMAIL PROTECTED] as I am not currently subscribed to the list. > > When I installed mysql-server debconf said to set the mysql root > password. Then it referenced /usr/share/doc/mysql-server/README.Debian > for the instructions to do so. The instructions tell you to change it > with /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password' > > This is what happens when I run this command. > > frodo:~# /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password blah > /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed > error: 'Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password: YES)' > > Does it have something to do with the hosts file or is it an error in the > instructions or possibly something else? > > frodo:~# cat /etc/hosts > 127.0.0.1 localhost > 216.64.138.18 frodo.nwadv.com frodo > 192.168.1.1 frodo.nwadv.com frodo > > -Kirt > > P.S. The box was a potato test cycle 2 install that has been kept > current. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
