It is asking for the current password, and there isn't one.
You should skip the -p until you have one set.
Jason Feingold wrote:
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> Hi All - I just set up MySQL for the first time and cannot seem to change
> the user 'root' password using mysqladmin. I must be geting the sytax wrong.
> Im typin
Hi All - I just set up MySQL for the first time and cannot seem to change
the user 'root' password using mysqladmin. I must be geting the sytax wrong.
Im typing 'bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password', then it prompts me for a
password, i type one in, then it gives me an error as shown below:
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