On 5/30/2010 5:44 PM, Lancer wrote: > Hi there. Sorry for my poor english. > Iinstalled MySQL 5.5 m3 though original RPM package and I modified the MySQL > root password. When Iinstall WordPress, I got the error message like 'Error > establishing adatabase connection'. But when I clear MySQL root password, > everything goes well. I don't know that why. For security, Idon't want keep > the empty password for production service. Anyone can help me to resolve it? >
Im just guessing but, did you flush the privileges ? maybe the change have no taken effect and then the valid password is still the old one. > Btw, phpbb using mysql (not mysqli, it normal working) extension, phpbb will > return error message like 'Access Denied for r...@localhost (using > password:NO), why display NO and why phpbb use root to connect to database? > > I dont know the deep details on phpbb, but the account is usually setup in a config file (there you can change root...). Also note that mysql extension uses old style passwords and mysqli the new ones, you can get more info on the manual: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/old-client.html Hope this helps. Carlos -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
