--- Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This has happened to me so many times I am finally going to ask. Why in > the hell when I follow the directions given immediately after installing > do I get an error? > > Here is what the thing says after installing (and I quote): > > " > PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MySQL root USER ! > To do so, start the server, then issue the following commands: > /usr/local/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password' > /usr/local/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h blah.domain.ca password > 'new-password' > " > > Ok, Ok, I'll do it! > > # mysqladmin -u root -h blah.domain.ca password 'password' > This worked.
The above line should read: # mysqladmin -u root password 'password' > # mysqladmin: connect to server at 'blah.domain.ca' failed > error: 'Host 'localhost.domain.ca' is not allowed to connect to this > MySQL > server' The error was produced after trying this: # mysqladmin -u root -h blah.domain.ca password 'password' > Huh?????? > > I'm using package 4.0.24 on OpenBSD 3.8. Grrrrrr. __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]