Now, why didn't I find that in the docs?????
That might have saved me a lot of frustration.
On 24 Feb 2001, at 1:53, Verdius wrote:
> These RPM's tend to set you up to run mysql automatically upon
> boot.
> Instead of trying to run mysql, just log into it:
>
> %> mysql -h localhost -u root -p <press enter>
>
> then it will prompt you for root user password. Enter it and off you
> go.
>
>
> ~Shilo
>
> --- David Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >Description
> > I have installed MySql version 3.23.33-1 using the RPM's for
> > Redhat
> > Linux -i386 (RedHat version 7)
> > After installing I find myself unable to do any basic db
> > administration including changing the password.
> > I simply installed the packages with rpm -i <package name> and
> > the
> > mysqld was started for me with
> > default settings. When I tried to change the password with
> > mysqladmin -u root -p password <new password>
> > I get the following error:
> > error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password:
> > NO)'
> >
> > When I try to create a database with mysqladmin -u root create
> > testdb I
> > get:
> >
> > mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> > error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password:
> > NO)'
> >
> > Upon doing the ps command I can see that I have three instances of
> > mysqld running - I am rather new to databases so I'm not sure where
> > to go from here. Any help would be very much appreciated Dave
> > Richards
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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