Hi everybody. I think that I have successfully installed version 3.23.37 on
my Linux box. The problem is, is that I am new to mysql and I can't get a
few things to work. I am logged in as root. I am in the mysql directory
(/usr/local/mysql). I try bin/mysqladmin --password <newpassword> and it
prompts me for a password. I enter one and it tells me that root@localhost
is an invalid user. I noticed that the install created a user called mysql.
I su'ed to mysql and tried the same operation and I still get invalid user
error. How in the world do you log on to mysql when you don't know the
password to begin with. It sounds to me like a permissions error, but I
don't know how to fix it. Anybody know how to help me? It would be
appreciated. This has gotten me very frustrated because I have this great
book and I am eager to learn, but I can't use the product from square one.
Thanks.
Jon J. Morin
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