Since this a first installation try ./bin/mysqladmin -u root password
instead.
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From: "Alud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 17:27
Subject: mySQL setup
>
> Hey
>
> I'm kinda new to all this, so please forgive me if this seams like a dumb
> question:
>
> I've been trying to set up a mySQL server today, and I can get so far, but
> keep getting a problem, I've never done anything like this before so I'm
> quite happy to accept that I'm missing something easy, but any help would
be
> gratefully received.
>
> I'm running Suse 7.1
>
> Brgds, Alud
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> -
>
> amy:~/mysql-3.23.37-pc-linux-gnu-i686 # ./bin/mysqladmin -u root -p
password
> ********
> Enter password: ********
>
> /bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Access
> denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES)'
>
> ---------------------------------
> So then I try and check that the server is there:
> ---------------------------------
>
> amy:~/mysql-3.23.37-pc-linux-gnu-i686 # ./bin/mysqladmin version
>
> ./bin/mysqladmin Ver 8.19 Distrib 3.23.37, for pc-linux-gnu on i686
> Copyright (C) 2000 MySQL AB & MySQL Finland AB & TCX DataKonsult AB
> This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
> and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license
>
> Server version 3.23.37
> Protocol version 10
> Connection Localhost via UNIX socket
> UNIX socket /tmp/mysql.sock
> Uptime: 59 min 37 sec
>
> Threads: 1 Questions: 5 Slow queries: 0 Opens: 6 Flush tables: 1 Open
> tables: 0 Queries per second avg: 0.001
>
>
>
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