Access denied error

I have recently installed MySQL my mac running OS X 10.3 and can connect to MySQL using the command: /Library/MySQL/bin/mysql However, once connected, I have tried to create a database and received the error message: ERROR 1044: Access denied for user: '@localhost' to database 'new_database' I

Setting root password on OS X

I am a new mysql user. I am installing MySQL for the first time on my mac. I need to set a password for the 'root' user by using the following 2 commands: /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root password /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h `hostname` password The first worked, but i get