I seem to have forgotten how to get into MySQL and work. (It's been a while but I'm starting up again. I get these errors: bob@sfpetard:~> mysqladmin create library mysqladmin: CREATE DATABASE failed; error: 'Access denied for user: '@localhost' to database 'library'' and: bob@sfpetard:~> mysql Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 13 to server version: 3.23.44-Max-log Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. mysql> show databases -> ; +-----------+ | Database | +-----------+ | addresses | | inventory | | libes | | mysql | | sample | | test | +-----------+ 6 rows in set (0.01 sec) mysql> use libes ERROR 1044: Access denied for user: '@localhost' to database 'libes' I am doing this on SuSE 7.3. I know there is a user mysql already set up but I don't knwo the password. -- Bob Rea ************************************************** "On the side of the box, under 'System Requirements', it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux." ************************************************** sfpetard@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~sfpetard/