Art,
Thursday, August 15, 2002, 4:53:26 PM, you wrote:
AF> Still could not get it to work so I uninstealled and reinstalled. Will use
AF> the anonymous login etc util I figure out this security system. Is there a
AF> document that explains the password system in laymans terms?
You can find info
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Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 4:08 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Setting root password in mysql for windows
Art,
Thursday, August 15, 2002, 7:12:40 AM, you wrote:
AF> Having a hard time coming to grips with the password setup for mysql in
AF> windows. I follow the instructions
Art,
Thursday, August 15, 2002, 7:12:40 AM, you wrote:
AF> Having a hard time coming to grips with the password setup for mysql in
AF> windows. I follow the instructions below from the documentation.
AF> C:\> C:\mysql\bin\mysql mysql
AF> mysql> DELETE FROM user WHERE Host='localhost' AND User=''
What version have you installed? I would think on Mac OS X you have 3.23.36?
I will give it one last shot. First kill -9 the mysql processes
(mysqladmin shutdown does not work on Mac OS), killing safe_mysql
first. Add a -p when assigning the password, and I think that the
password needs to be
Why not try sql to update it:
mysql -u root
mysql > use mysql;
mysql> update user set password = password('new password') where user =
'root';
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> exit
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From: "Michael Nezi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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