Muriel, Friday, April 26, 2002, 1:14:02 AM, you wrote: M> My ISP installed MYSQL -max-3.23.49a-pclinux-gnu-i686 on our M> dedicated server. They discovered they did not install their client M> libraries after I had already created users with the Grant permissions.
How did you create users? M> Now that they have reinstalled I can not access mysqladmin in the shell. M> I cannot even do a shutdown. No one not even root can shutdown the MYSQL M> server. I did the test in the manual to see if the server can connect: M> Shell> mysql-u root test It comes back with the server unable to M> connect. "Unable to connect" is a too short error message. What is the full message? M> In the user table there are three users with all permissions M> (one of them is root) none of the three users are able to do a shutdown M> or any of the permissions that are in the table. It comes back with M> access denied and password = No It means that you didn't used password when you tried to connect. So, if you want to connect to the MySQL server you should use: mysql -u<user_name> -p<password> or for mysqladmin: mysqladmin -u<user_name> -p<password> command You can find description of syntax at: http://www.mysql.com/doc/m/y/mysql.html http://www.mysql.com/doc/m/y/mysqladmin.html M> but it is Y in the user table. What M> needs to be done? I can with all three users leave the shell and it will M> accept the passwords and I can go into mysql> and do SQL queries fine. M> Warm M> regards, M> Muriel -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/ This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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