The -p means you are going to enter the CURRENT password.
Since you don't have one yet, either leave off the -p, or
hit the enter key at the passowrd prompt.
P. Fawcett wrote:
after install binary mysql 3.23.49: must be something obvious but i'm
missing it - how come i can't set root & user pass
pp
p
Look like you need a 'p' :-)
Simon
-Original Message-
From: P. Fawcett [mailto:fawcett@;bard.edu]
Sent: 13 November 2002 16:28
To: MySQL Mailinglist
Subject: setting passwd?
after install binary mysql 3.23.49: must be something obvious but i'm
missing
after install binary mysql 3.23.49: must be something obvious but i'm
missing it - how come i can't set root & user passwd? simple syntax
error?
[root@a bin]# ./mysqladmin -u root -p password pp
Enter password:& i enter p again
./mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
