On Friday 10 May 2002 23.00, Jesse Marlin wrote:
I am new to mysql and am having some problems. Whenever I start up the server with /etc/rc.d/mysql start it starts up great. I have been able to run a few tests that show some of the server's internal variables etc, so I am able to communicate with it. Whenever I try to change the root password I get this:
root@maniac:/var/lib/mysql > mysqladmin -u root -p password Enter password:
What do you enter here? The default root password is blank, so just press enter. And to set the password you're supposed to give it as a parameter. This is from the startup message you get when you start the server. PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MySQL root USER ! This is done with: /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password 'new-password' regards Anders