Hi, I am new to MySQL and installed the Win2000 version on my labtop. I had no problems until I got to the security part and did the following according to the docs:
The default privileges on Windows give all local users full privileges to all databases without specifying a password. To make MySQL more secure, you should set a password for all users and remove the row in the mysql.user table that has Host='localhost' and User=''. You should also add a password for the root user. The following example starts by removing the anonymous user that can be used by anyone to access the test database, then sets a root user password: C:\> C:\mysql\bin\mysql mysql mysql> DELETE FROM user WHERE Host='localhost' AND User=''; mysql> QUIT C:\> C:\mysql\bin\mysqladmin reload C:\> C:\mysql\bin\mysqladmin -u root password your_password After you've set the password, if you want to take down the mysqld server, you can do so using this command: C:\> mysqladmin --user=root --password=your_password shutdown After this step I found I was unable to start up the mysqld server. So today, I dropped the database, removed the service and started again =>>> mysqld-max --basedir=c:/mysql --datadir=c:/mysql/data -standalone The database and service created successfully but I am still unable to start or connect to anything These are errors I see 1. C:\mysql\bin>mysql mysql ERROR 2003: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061) 2. The error in the file 'MYSQL.ERR' is mysqld-max: Table 'mysql.host' doesn't exist 3. And cannot start the service MYSQL Error C:\mysql\bin>NET START MySQL The MySql service is starting. The MySql service could not be started. A system error has occurred. System error 1067 has occurred. The process terminated unexpectedly. If any one can help, I would be very grateful thanks, Anne-Marie --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php