At 21:32 -0500 3/24/02, alan4100 wrote: >mysql >Michael, > >It is clear now after typing in p-a-s-s-w-o-r-d >into the password for the user root. > >It then went through fine, but I never set up the password for the root user.
Sure you did: At 18:09 -0500 3/24/02, alan4100 wrote: > >mysql> Grant all on mysql.* to 'root'@'localhost' identified by "password"; >Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) That statement specifies that the password for root is "password". >Hope it will be clear later how the password had been stored for the >user root. It had to occur before or during the installation. Nope. *You* specified it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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