your password should replace <password> Your hostname should replace `hostname`
Hope this helps Thanks Emery ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lost Idols" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 00:06 Subject: What is code and what's not? > I found a script on this help page, that should be used when > giving the root user a password, but I really don't understand > what of this is words and what is just an example. > > /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root password <password> > /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h `hostname` password <password> > > Where in this script am I supposed to write my password and where is the > word supposed > to acctually be written as the word password? > And what about hostname? Is that a command or should I write the host name > of my computer? > Since I'm a newbie it's hard to understand. > Can someone please mark this for me? > > Is this the right way? > > /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root password <xyxyxyxy> > /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h `this_is_me` password <xyxyxyxy> > > Weird question maybe... but I guess I'm not the only one here. > It would've been easier with underscored or different colours here... I > guess ;-) > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hitta rätt köpare på MSN Köp & Sälj http://www.msn.se/koposalj > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
