Re: password problem

2015-07-31 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 31.07.2015 um 16:23 schrieb Martin Mueller: Dear Mr Harald, I've learned some things from your responses and even more from shawn green's. You might learn a lot from him about patience and courtesy, which make life on a technical forum a lot easier. You clearly know a lot about technical st

Re: password problem

2015-07-31 Thread Martin Mueller
Dear Mr Harald, I've learned some things from your responses and even more from shawn green's. You might learn a lot from him about patience and courtesy, which make life on a technical forum a lot easier. You clearly know a lot about technical stuff, but you're short on patience, and it would hel

Re: password problem

2015-07-31 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 31.07.2015 um 15:40 schrieb shawn l.green: 1. Log on to your system as the Unix user that the MySQL server runs as (for example, mysql). Everything that executes on a Linux/Unix/Mac machine executes in the context of some kind of user account (the system login). By default, mysqld (the dat

Re: password problem

2015-07-31 Thread shawn l.green
On 7/31/2015 8:40 AM, Martin Mueller wrote: Sorry for the off-list reply. It was an oversight. That said, the instructions for resetting a forgotten root password have a section for Windows and a section for Unix. The Unix section begins as follows: 1. Log on to your system as the Unix user

Re: password problem

2015-07-31 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 31.07.2015 um 14:40 schrieb Martin Mueller: Sorry for the off-list reply. It was an oversight. That said, the instructions for resetting a forgotten root password have a section for Windows and a section for Unix. The Unix section begins as follows: 1. Log on to your system as the Unix us

Re: password problem

2015-07-31 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 31.07.2015 um 14:45 schrieb Martin Mueller: Data directory path mention in cnf is of old mysql. Make a fresh data directory, configure it in configuration file and execute mysqlinstall_db, I don't understand the sentence about the data directory path mention. The my.cnf file is at /etc/m

Re: password problem

2015-07-31 Thread Martin Mueller
Data directory path mention in cnf is of old mysql. Make a fresh data directory, configure it in configuration file and execute mysqlinstall_db, I don't understand the sentence about the data directory path mention. The my.cnf file is at /etc/my.cnf . It doesn't have any data directory path

Re: password problem

2015-07-31 Thread Martin Mueller
Sorry for the off-list reply. It was an oversight. That said, the instructions for resetting a forgotten root password have a section for Windows and a section for Unix. The Unix section begins as follows: 1. Log on to your system as the Unix user that the MySQL server runs as (for example, mys

Re: password problem

2015-07-31 Thread nikhil anand
Data directory path mention in cnf is of old mysql. Make a fresh data directory, configure it in configuration file and execute mysqlinstall_db, On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 5:11 AM, Martin Mueller < martinmuel...@northwestern.edu> wrote: > I have installed mysql 5.1.73 on an old Mac Pro running OS L

Re: password problem

2015-07-31 Thread Reindl Harald
first: don't reply off-list, a answer on a mailing-list is no invitation for private support! Am 31.07.2015 um 02:34 schrieb Martin Mueller: I read that section but was stopped in my tracks by "Log on to your system as the Unix user that the MySQL server runs as (for example, mysql)" Becaus

Re: password problem

2015-07-30 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 31.07.2015 um 01:41 schrieb Martin Mueller: I have installed mysql 5.1.73 on an old Mac Pro running OS Lion. I cannot run the mysql command because it challenges me for a password. But I did not set any password, either for the root, for mysql, or for myself as a user. So the installation ha

password problem

2015-07-30 Thread Martin Mueller
I have installed mysql 5.1.73 on an old Mac Pro running OS Lion. I cannot run the mysql command because it challenges me for a password. But I did not set any password, either for the root, for mysql, or for myself as a user. So the installation has somehow installed passwords about which I know

Re: 4.1 password problem

2005-11-24 Thread Lowell Allen
Felix Geerinckx wrote: On 24/11/2005, Lowell Allen wrote: but I'm looking for a way to convert the short hash values into comparable long hash values. This is (fortunately) *not* possible. Apparently the upgrade procedure can successfully convert short-to-long hash values for MySQL user pa

Re: 4.1 password problem

2005-11-24 Thread Felix Geerinckx
On 24/11/2005, Lowell Allen wrote: > but I'm looking for a way to convert the short hash values into > comparable long hash values. This is (fortunately) *not* possible. > Apparently the upgrade procedure can successfully convert > short-to-long hash values for MySQL user passwords It doesn'

4.1 password problem

2005-11-23 Thread Lowell Allen
I have a PHP application that stores member-access passwords in a char column. When the passwords were stored, they were written to the database using the PASSWORD() function. Each hashed password is 16 characters long. When a member logs in, the plain text password submitted is run through the

Re: root password problem

2004-06-08 Thread Michael Stassen
Frank Bax wrote: At 08:25 PM 6/8/04, Frank Bax wrote: According to the docs, one of the first things I'm supposed to do is give root a password: shell> mysql -u root mysql mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR [EMAIL PROTECTED]('new_password'); I did that and now I get: # mysql --user=root --password=new_passw

Re: root password problem

2004-06-08 Thread Frank Bax
At 08:25 PM 6/8/04, Frank Bax wrote: According to the docs, one of the first things I'm supposed to do is give root a password: shell> mysql -u root mysql mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR [EMAIL PROTECTED]('new_password'); I did that and now I get: # mysql --user=root --password=new_password ERROR 1045: A

root password problem

2004-06-08 Thread Frank Bax
According to the docs, one of the first things I'm supposed to do is give root a password: shell> mysql -u root mysql mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR [EMAIL PROTECTED]('new_password'); I did that and now I get: # mysql --user=root --password=new_password ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTEC

RE: Re: Password problem

2003-01-16 Thread John Arnold
Nasser wrote: >it looks as though you have created the newsletter user with plain text password. mysql will >>> >compare the user password against the encrypted password and will fail. Look at the password entry in the results below starting with 61fa If the password had been stored as plain

RE: Password problem

2003-01-16 Thread John Arnold
irector, IT Web Strategies 2k3 Technologies 915.439.1660 -Original Message- From: Neil Aggarwal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 11:00 AM To: Mysql list Subject: Password problem Hello: As the root user, I created a new database and user account: CREATE DATABASE newsl

Re: Re:Re: Password problem

2003-01-15 Thread Adolfo Bello
> you can do this: > > mysql> set password for newsletter@localhost=PASSWORD("testPass"); > > or > > mysql> update user Set Password=Password("testPass") > -> where user="newsletter"; Don't forget the "flush privileges" thing after the update command. > __ >/ \\ @ ____

Re:Re: Password problem

2003-01-15 Thread nossareh
it looks as though you have created the newsletter user with plain text password. mysql will compare the user password against the encrypted password and will fail. you can do this: mysql> set password for newsletter@localhost=PASSWORD("testPass"); or mysql> update user Set Password=Password

Re: Password problem

2003-01-15 Thread gerald_clark
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON newsletter.* TO 'newsletter'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'testPass'; Neil Aggarwal wrote: Hello: As the root user, I created a new database and user account: CREATE DATABASE newsletter; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON newsletter.* TO newsletter IDENTIFIED BY 'testPass'; FLUSH PR

Re: Password problem

2003-01-15 Thread Stefan Hinz, iConnect \(Berlin\)
etails: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/GRANT.html Regards, -- Stefan Hinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Geschäftsführer / CEO iConnect GmbH <http://iConnect.de> Heesestr. 6, 12169 Berlin (Germany) Tel: +49 30 7970948-0 Fax: +49 30 7970948-3 - Original Message ----- From: "Neil Agga

Re: Password problem

2003-01-15 Thread Doug Thompson
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 11:00:21 -0600, Neil Aggarwal wrote: >Hello: > >As the root user, I created a new database and user account: >CREATE DATABASE newsletter; >GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON newsletter.* TO newsletter IDENTIFIED BY 'testPass'; >FLUSH PRIVILEGES; > >I then tried to access the databse via t

Password problem

2003-01-15 Thread Neil Aggarwal
Hello: As the root user, I created a new database and user account: CREATE DATABASE newsletter; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON newsletter.* TO newsletter IDENTIFIED BY 'testPass'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; I then tried to access the databse via the command-line client: /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u newsletter -

Re: Mysql password problem

2002-01-11 Thread Gerald Clark
Are you sure the password for root is christ1 ? Did you try it without the -p ? Kory Wheatley wrote: >I have MYSQL installed on a hpux 11.0 unix system >I installed the binary and everything started up correctly >using /opt/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld & > >but when I try to connect as an user >/opt/m

Mysql password problem

2002-01-10 Thread Kory Wheatley
I have MYSQL installed on a hpux 11.0 unix system I installed the binary and everything started up correctly using /opt/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld & but when I try to connect as an user /opt/mysql/bin/mysql -u root -pchrist1 It will not work . Even if I do the following command I get an error /opt/my

Re: serious password problem

2002-01-05 Thread Steve Rapaport
I see 2 possible problems: 1) syntax: I had to experiment with the mysql line a bit before it worked. Try: mysql -urknop -p password (Note no space before username, password last) 2) Your user has no permissions at all: I've never tried that, but I wouldn't be surprised if it made login impo

Re: serious password problem

2002-01-05 Thread Robert A. Knop Jr.
> It's probably a good idea to remove the entry for ''@'localhost'. For many reasons, yes. :) -Rob (SPAMblocker food: sql table query database) -- -=-=-= Rob Knop =-= [EMAIL PROTECTED] =-= http://www.pobox.com/~rknop =-=-=- Help the EFF protect basic freedoms online: http://www.eff.org

Re: serious password problem

2002-01-05 Thread Carl Troein
Robert A. Knop Jr. writes: > > localhost is a special value (meaning connection over unix socket > > rather than TCP/IP), and it's not matched by % in this case. You > > need to grant access to user@localhost as well. > > (Is this in the manual? If so, I didn't find it. Heh, it turns out that

Re: serious password problem

2002-01-05 Thread Robert A. Knop Jr.
> localhost is a special value (meaning connection over unix socket > rather than TCP/IP), and it's not matched by % in this case. You > need to grant access to user@localhost as well. Aha! That did the trick. Thank you very much. (Is this in the manual? If so, I didn't find it. It would pro

Re: serious password problem

2002-01-05 Thread Carl Troein
Robert A. Knop Jr. writes: >ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: 'rknop@localhost' (Using password: YES) > > mysql> select * from user where user='rknop'\G > *** 1. row *** >Host: % >User: rknop localhos

Re: serious password problem

2002-01-05 Thread Robert A. Knop Jr.
> I don't know if this is it, but I don't think so; I've tried "flush privileges", even though the docs don't state it's necessary for GRANT or SET PASSWORD. I've also tried stopping and restarting the mysqld process. -Rob - B

Re: serious password problem

2002-01-05 Thread Bogdan Stancescu
I don't know if this is it, but -- 6.11 When Privilege Changes Take Effect When mysqld starts, all grant table contents are read into memory and become effective at that point. Modifications to the grant tables that you perform using GRANT, REVOKE, or SET PASSWORD are noticed by t

serious password problem

2002-01-05 Thread Robert A. Knop Jr.
OK, I think I've read the docs and am doing everything right, but I simply cannot get the "mysql" program to accept a password for any user other than root. I'm on RedHat Linux 7.2, with MySQL version 3.23.46. I can get the root password set up fine, and I log in with it. I can even change it:

Fixed MYSQL password problem!

2001-12-04 Thread Richard S. Huntrods
I fixed the problem I just posted with MySql new installs "not seeing" my passwords. I had simply forgotten to flush the permissions after I set the password. "mysqladmin -u root flush-privileges" Cheers, -Richard - Before

Password problem

2001-03-17 Thread Charles Mégnin
Hi, I am trying to set up a passsword a system root for the root MySQL server for the 1st time (rpm download) & I get the following error message: [root@localhost MySQL]# /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u mysql -p password 'x1234!' Enter password: /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' faile