> Thanks for all the replies to this.
>
> I have so far figured that the root user cannot connect to the database.
> So I need to set a password for the root user, right?
Yep...
> However, the root user cannot connect to the database to dp this.
They ought to be able to...
> Whenever I give the command "mysqldadmin -u root password fred", I get the
> following message :-
> mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO)'
Try -p instead of password. Or try:
mysql -p <password>
Of course, if there's no password set, just do:
mysql -u root
then set a password on the mysql user database...
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