I installed the binary of mysql 3.23.39 with the following steps and it started fine
ln -s mysql-VERSION-OS mysql cd mysql scripts/mysql_install_db chown -R root /usr/local/mysql chown -R mysql /usr/local/mysql/data chgrp -R mysql /usr/local/mysql chown -R root /usr/local/mysql/bin bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql & Then I tried to set a password for the MYSQL root user and I get the following error. ./bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password 'christ1' Enter password: ******* ./bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES) ALSO TRIED # ./bin/mysqladmin -u root -h dallas.isu.edu -p password 'christ1' Enter password: ******* ./bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'dallas.isu.edu' failed error: 'Host 'dallas.isu.edu' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server ANY SOLUTIONS? Kory Wheatley --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
