dragonfly ~ # /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h dragonfly password xyz /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'dragonfly' failed error: 'Lost connection to MySQL server during query'
Unless you intend to run MySQL on a different box later, you should omit "-h dragonfly" or replace with "-h localhost".
-- Arran Fraser -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list