On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 11:40, Ralph Crongeyer wrote: > Hi all. > > This is on a Mandrake 9.0 system. > > I just updated MySQL to 3.23.56 and now when I try to restart the mysql > server I get this message: > > Starting MySQL ServerYou are required to change your password immediately > (password aged) > Changing password for mysql > (current) UNIX password: > > Even though I type in the correct password it says: > > su: incorrect password > > I can start the server with this method: > > /usr/bin/safe_mysqld --skip-grant-tables > > and change the password with no problems but when i go to restart mysql > normaly i get the same message? > > Any help would be great. > > Ralph
Ralph, Don't know why it is doing this. But are you able to use Webmin to change the password for the root user and have it stick? James
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