Re: Root user Access denied - Please Help!
Miretsky, Wednesday, May 22, 2002, 8:41:57 PM, you wrote: M I tried to create a password for the root user in a new installation of M MySQL by typing M % mysql -u root mysql M Then typing and update statement like M Update user set password = somepassword where user=root; You must use the PASSWORD() function: UPDATE user SET password = PASSWORD(somepassword) WHERE user=root; M After doing this I typed because I could still get into mysql without a M password M % mysqladmin -u root status M % mysqladmin -u root reload If you change data in privilege tables manually (without using GRANT) you should do FLUSH PRIVILEGES or mysqladmin reload. M I think what I should have done is typed - update user SET password = M PASSWORD(somepassword) where user =root. Yes. M Now I can't get into mysql at all as root, with the password I set. M I get the error message Access denied for user 'root@localhost' (using M password =YES) Your password is stored in user table in non-encrypted state. When you try to connect with -p option MySQL encrypts your password with PASSWORD() function and compares result of function with data in user table. M I have tried to restart mysql with the --skip-grant-tables option but I M still can't get in as root? You get access denied error again If so, when you get error: when you try to connect to the MySQL server, when you try to reset password??? M How do I fix this? Can anyone help? M Anya Miretsky -- 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 - 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
Root user Access denied - Please Help!
I tried to create a password for the root user in a new installation of MySQL by typing % mysql -u root mysql Then typing and update statement like Update user set password = somepassword where user=root; After doing this I typed because I could still get into mysql without a password % mysqladmin -u root status % mysqladmin -u root reload I think what I should have done is typed - update user SET password = PASSWORD(somepassword) where user =root. Now I can't get into mysql at all as root, with the password I set. I get the error message Access denied for user 'root@localhost' (using password =YES) I have tried to restart mysql with the --skip-grant-tables option but I still can't get in as root? How do I fix this? Can anyone help? Anya Miretsky Computer Technology Dept. Brooklyn Botanic Garden 1000 Washington Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225 (718)623-7265 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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
Root user Access denied - Please Help
I tried to create a password for the root user in a new installation of MySQL by typing % mysql -u root mysql Then typing and update statement like Update user set password = somepassword where user=root; After doing this I typed because I could still get into mysql without a password % mysqladmin -u root status % mysqladmin -u root reload I think what I should have done is typed - update user SET password = PASSWORD(somepassword) where user =root. Now I can't get into mysql at all as root, with the password I set. I get the error message Access denied for user 'root@localhost' (using password =YES) I have tried to restart mysql with the --skip-grant-tables option but I still can't get in as root? How do I fix this? Can anyone help? Anya Miretsky Computer Technology Dept. Brooklyn Botanic Garden 1000 Washington Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225 (718)623-7265 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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
Re: Root user Access denied - Please Help
yes, you needed to use the PASSWORD( ) function mysqladmin -h hostname -u user password 'new password' -Ryan Hatch Miretsky, Anya wrote: I tried to create a password for the root user in a new installation of MySQL by typing % mysql -u root mysql Then typing and update statement like Update user set password = somepassword where user=root; After doing this I typed because I could still get into mysql without a password % mysqladmin -u root status % mysqladmin -u root reload I think what I should have done is typed - update user SET password = PASSWORD(somepassword) where user =root. Now I can't get into mysql at all as root, with the password I set. I get the error message Access denied for user 'root@localhost' (using password =YES) I have tried to restart mysql with the --skip-grant-tables option but I still can't get in as root? How do I fix this? Can anyone help? Anya Miretsky Computer Technology Dept. Brooklyn Botanic Garden 1000 Washington Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225 (718)623-7265 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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 - 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
