On 4/27/09, Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle <mailingli...@mailnewsrss.com> wrote:
> Hi All, > > CentOS 5.3 > > I installed MySQL Server via yum and started it. > > I tried entering: > > mysqladmin -u root password yourrootsqlpassword > mysqladmin -h server1.example.com -u root password yourrootsqlpassword > > But I get: > > r...@server1 ~]# /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h localhost password > mypassword > /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed > error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)' > > How can I reset this and allow Root access, otherwise nobody has access! > > Thanks, > > -Jason You need a -p before the password in your command line. David
