Hi Varuna, The problem looks like it is with the command you issued. The correct syntax is:
mysqladmin -uroot -p shutdown then supply root password. Without giving the -uroot argument, it doesn't know that you are trying to log in as the root user, which is why it is telling you that access is denied for [EMAIL PROTECTED], rather than [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks On Sat, 2008-10-04 at 13:56 +0530, Varuna Seneviratna wrote: > I am using WinXP.I am wanted to shutdown MySQL service from the command line > and ran the command "mysqladmin" -p root shutdown next the root password was > asked for,I entered the correct password, when I entered the password the > below displayed error was the result > > mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed > error: 'Access denied for user 'ODBC'@'localhost' (using password: YES)' > > > > How can I correct this? > Is this because of a firewall preventing access to port 3306?If a firewall > is preventing access how was it able to ask for the password? > > I have Nortan Internet Security trial version running and the windows > firewall is disabled.If this is caused by a firewall barrier please tell me > how to open the port in Nortan Internet Security. > > > Varuna -- Ian Simpson System Administrator MyJobGroup -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
