I think you took that the wrong way. I see it as more of a warning than
being "nasty". Of course, you don't have to set a password if you don't
want to but if other people are able to access it, then you only have
yourself to blame if someone gets in and destroys data. My test database
does not have a root password as I don't see a point to having one. No one
is able to access it anyway. I guess it is a little misleading but then
again you should read the manual or type mysqladmin --help for a more decent
guide on using mysql.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Zanella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Rolf Hopkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "MySQL Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 15:38
Subject: Re: please help setting password
>
> On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Rolf Hopkins wrote:
>
> > Fresh installation? Then you don't need -p option. If not, what
password
> > are you using when it ask you to enter the password. It's not
newpassword
> > as you typed in the prompt, it's your old password
>
> Hi Rolf,
>
> Thanks for your helpful comment. I am indeed installing MySQL for the
> first time so I don't need the -p option. It would have been nice if
> the output of the RPM file had provided this kind of information instead
> of shouting at me in big caps, uselessly:
>
> PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MySQL root USER !
> This is done with:
> /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password 'new-password'
>
> Luckily there are people on this list to give real help.
> And forgive me all if I misinterpreted the meaning of the big caps in
> the RPM output but big caps means shouting and people should not
> shout a word of caution without thinking about it twice otherwise
> it comes across as condescending hatred.
>
> But nobody is perfect so let's forget about it.
> I'll even take it as plain miscommunication.
>
> Back to MySQL... now things work!
>
> [root@tulip /root]# /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password rootpassword
> [root@tulip /root]# echo $?
> 0
>
> Thanks a lot, and thanks to everyone,
>
> -- Neil
>
>
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