Balazs, Wednesday, October 16, 2002, 8:27:56 AM, you wrote: BL> I installed the full version of Mandrake 8.2. BL> The problem is that i can't setup the mysql server. BL> When i tried: mysql -u root mysql; the server BL> responded: acces denied for root@localhost !!
Have you installed MySQL server before? If so MySQL server could use privilege tables from previous installation. BL> Then tried the command mysql_install_db. But when i BL> wanted to sign in: still acces denied. If you have privilege tables installed, mysql_install_db does nothing. BL> Then i used mysqld --skip-granted-tables. BUT after BL> that even for the 'mysql' command the server returned BL> 'Acces denied'. It's weird. What version of MySQL server you are using? How did you installed MySQL server? -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ma02-010c This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [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