Description:
I'm sorry This is long, but it's because I've tried hard to fix this
myself; please bear with me.
Last week, for unknown reason, my root password for MySQL wasn't
working. I may have changed it without updating the /root/.my.cnf
file. So, I went to the online documentation (which
I would like to withdraw my earlier bug report with the same subject
line. I discovered that an erroneous IP address for the server
machine had gotten into /etc/hosts (due to some IP changes in my
organization). Once the DNS error was resolved, I was able to connect
correctly and fix the password
Description:
I downloaded and installed the RPM from mysql.org (the uu.net mirror
in the USA). The transcript told me to set a root password using
/usr/bin/mysqladmin, but that program doesn't exist. I also am missing
other programs referred to in the documentation, such as
