Re: can't connect to server using mysqladmin or mysql

2006-08-01 Thread scott . anderson
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

can't connect to server using mysqladmin or mysql

2006-08-01 Thread scott . anderson
>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 (whic