Hi Bai, In case you want the privileges of the old system, please take a backup of the mysql database as inserts and reimport the same in the upgraded server. If you want a new admin user to be created, then please check the below page for the syntax: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/grant.html
Regards, Chandru www.mafiree.com On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 3:48 AM, Claudio Nanni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi Bai, > I think the best option is to read carefully the installation guide, > there are some post installation steps to set up initial privileges, > and everything is explained quite well. > After that if you still have problems please provide more informations on > platform and other points > like the steps and commands you issue and the output you get, > so you 'help' others to help you, the more you are precise, the more you > get help. > > Sincerely, > > Claudio > > > Bai Shen wrote: > >> I currently have an application that runs on MySQL 4.0.12. I'd like to >> update it to the newest version of MySQL so I can have multiple >> applications >> using the one database. However, I'm running into some permissions >> problems. >> >> When I install MySQL 4.0.12 I set up an administrator user. Then I run >> mysql.exe and I'm able to create a new database for the application. I >> don't log in or anything like that. >> >> Now I've stood up MySQL 5.0.67 on another machine. I've recreated the >> same >> administrator user, but I'm not sure how to give them the priveleges, >> since >> I didn't do anything like that with the older version. And when I try to >> create the database using mysql.exe I get the following error. >> >> ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied for user ''@'localhost' to database >> 'newdb' >> >> So I'm assuming that my permissions aren't setup correctly, but I'm not >> sure >> what I need to change. 5.0.67 seems to handle the administration fairly >> differently than 4.0.12. Also, I'm not running the newer version as a >> service. I don't think that would effect things, but I figured I should >> mention it. >> >> TIA. >> >> Bai Shen >> >> >> > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
