Installed a fresh mySQL from the 9.0 disks talen:~ # safe_mysqld --log& [1] 30308 talen:~ # Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql talen:~ # mysqladmin version mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES)' talen:~ # mysqladmin -u root password foobar mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES)' What am i doing wrong? The doc's i followed states that it should run from the box... -- /Rikard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rikard Johnels email : rikjoh@norweb.se Web : http://www.rikjoh.com Mob : +46 (0)735 05 51 01 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >