mysqld daemon ended

[Rachel-MY]

dear:

i having problem when start mysql using "safe_mysqld" command.... 
it showed mysqld daemon ended

here the error_log message:

010502 14:37:20  Found old style password for user 'root'. Restart using --old-protocol
mysqld ended on  Wed May 2 14:37:20 MYT 2001

can someone help me on this?


rachel