DeNewbie, Sunday, September 29, 2002, 12:46:29 AM, you wrote: D> I am a newbie and I have just recently installed MySQL. I am somewhat confused as to why the tests that I am running from my command prompt are not showing any results yet I believe that my MySQL D> server is running;
D> mike@cords-orj86jfje:~> cd /usr/bin D> mike@cords-orj86jfje:/usr/bin> su - D> Password: D> cords-orj86jfje:~ # safe_mysqld & D> [1] 1033 D> cords-orj86jfje:~ # Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql D> mysqladmin version D> cords-orj86jfje:~ # mysqlshow D> mysqlshow: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO) D> cords-orj86jfje:~ # mysqladmin version D> cords-orj86jfje:~ # mysqlshow D> mysqlshow: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO) D> cords-orj86jfje:~ # mysqlshow mysql D> mysqlshow: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO) D> cords-orj86jfje:~ # D> What is exactly going on? It's described here: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Access_denied.html Did you have MySQL server installed before? Or did you set up password for user 'root'? If you forgot 'root' password, check the following link: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Resetting_permissions.html -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
