I am a newbie and I have just recently installed MySQL. I am somewhat confused as to why the tests that I am running from my command prompt are not showing any results yet I believe that my MySQL server is running;
mike@cords-orj86jfje:~> cd /usr/bin mike@cords-orj86jfje:/usr/bin> su - Password: cords-orj86jfje:~ # safe_mysqld & [1] 1033 cords-orj86jfje:~ # Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql mysqladmin version cords-orj86jfje:~ # mysqlshow mysqlshow: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO) cords-orj86jfje:~ # mysqladmin version cords-orj86jfje:~ # mysqlshow mysqlshow: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO) cords-orj86jfje:~ # mysqlshow mysql mysqlshow: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO) cords-orj86jfje:~ # What is exactly going on? Thanks, DeNewbie --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
