yeah if you just installed, root doesn't have a password.. so you need to not specify -p (this tells the server to try and authenticate with an empty password, as opposed to attempting to authenticate with no password.. there is a difference):
mysqladmin -u root password mypassword Mike Jeremiah Jester wrote: > Im attempting to install mysql. The service started and everything seems to > be going ok except for that I can't set the root password for the mysql > server. > > To reset password i type: > > /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p mypassword > > Then I get the following error: > > /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed > error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES)' > > Can anyone help? > Thanks, > JJ > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
