Newbie: access denied for user

I'm learning mySQL and I think I missed something or missconfigured...because I get an Access denied error. Any hints what I am missing? What should I check? OS: OpenBSD 3.0 # ./mysqladmin -u root -p ver Enter password: ./mysqladmin Ver 8.23 Distrib 3.23.49, for unknown-openbsd3.0 on i386

Re: Newbie: access denied for user

You must specify the -p to the mysql, so it prompts you for a password. I'm learning mySQL and I think I missed something or missconfigured...because I get an Access denied error. Any hints what I am missing? What should I check? mysql -u root mysql ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: