Thanks, I knew it would be something simple.
Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Carnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [TriLUG] installing MySQL on SUSE 8.0 > Just guessing here (since I'm a postgresql guy), but isn't the second > one just an example of setting the root password from another host. In > otherwords the first example is how to do it when you are on the local > server and the second is how to do it if you are on a workstation > accessing the server remotely. > > In postgres, you simply type one command line to set the password, and > MySQL is *supposed* to be easier... > > Jon Carnes > > On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 09:59, Mike Kelley wrote: > > I'm trying to install MySQL 3.23.55 on SUSE 8.0 > > I installed the RPMs with no problem however when I run the mysql_install_db it reminds me to set the password for root as: > > > > mysqladmin -u root password 'newpassword' > > mysqladmin -u root -h Linux1 password 'newpassword' > > > > The first statement worked fine, however, when I run the second statement it returns the following (I ran both statements as root): > > > > Linux1:/usr/bin # mysqladmin -u root -h Linux1 password mypassword > > mysqladmin: connect to server at 'Linux1' failed > > error: 'Host "Linux1.local' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server' > > Linux1:/usr/bin # > > > > can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong and how to fix it. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mike > > > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
