"Phil Ewington - 43 Plc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have just installed mysql-4.0.18 on my cobalt RaQ4 and for the first time > seemed to actually got somewhere! however, my existing PHP scripts failed to > connect to localhost as the password has not been set after the install. I > ran the following command (obviously seriously misunderstood the docs) > > mysqladmin -u root password new-password > > I thought the above syntax would ask me for the password but it didn't now > all commands return > > 'Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password: NO)' > > How do I actually set a password, and more importantly, how do I reset the > password for root, and what did I do? Any help will be greatly appreciated. >
Initially user root doesn't have a password. If you set password you should specify password when you connect to the MySQL server with -p option for command-line clients. For example: shell> mysql -uroot -proot_password or shell> mysql -uroot -p and then type a password. -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [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]
