Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm new to MySQL, so this might be a stupid question/problem, but I > can't figure out the answer: I'm trying to install the Popper webmail > client on my web server. I'm following the instructions exactly. It > told me to log in to the mysql console with "mysql -u root -p" and then > "create database popper", which I did. It then said to > > GRANT insert, update, select, delete, alter, drop, create ON popper.* > TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] IDENTIFIED BY 'theuserpassword'; > > I changed the [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and the > 'theuserpassword' to an appropriate password, but whenever I switch to > the mysql user account and mysql -p popper and put the specified > password in, it gives me a > > ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]@localhost' (Using > password: YES) > > > I've even tried mysql [EMAIL PROTECTED] -p and it gives me the same > error. What am I doing wrong?
You should specify only user name (without host name) in the --user option: shell> mysql -u mysql -pmysql_password or shell> mysql -u mysql -h localhost -pmysql_password -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
