access denied set mysql root user

I installed the binary of mysql 3.23.39 with the following steps and it started fine ln -s mysql-VERSION-OS mysql cd mysql scripts/mysql_install_db chown -R root /usr/local/mysql chown -R mysql /usr/local/mysql/data chgrp -R mysql /usr/local/mysql chown -R root /usr/local/mysql/bin

Re: access denied set mysql root user

Then I tried to set a password for the MYSQL root user and I get the following error. ./bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password 'christ1' Enter password: *** ./bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES)