Hello,
I have installed the RPMs and I am now trying to set the MySQL root
password as the output of the RPM files tells me to do...
[root@tulip /root]# su mysql
[mysql@tulip /root]$ /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password newpassword
Enter password:
/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES)'
[mysql@tulip /root]$ exit
[root@tulip /root]# /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password newpassword
Enter password:
/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES)'
[root@tulip /root]#
I cannot get this to work. Other than that I can login as root and
create a database or login with "mysql -u root" as a regular user
with no password and use databases etc... The only problem I am
facing right now is the security risk of not being able to set
a root password. And what does (Using password: YES) mean. I tried
entering YES as my password but it did not work. Also, how come
I am instructed to enter the MySQL root password on the command line?
Isn't this a security risk because the characters are echoed?
I have looked at the documentation and searched the archivesbut for
some reason I was not able to find a concrete clear answer on how to
do this and my PHP book seems to skip this step. Maybe I should look
at a book on MySQL but then the book might be outdated since 3.20 is
no longer supported.
Thanks for your help,
Neil
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