--- Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Try this:
>
> mysqladmin -u root password xyz
>
> That will change your password to 'xyz'.
>
Before received this email I tried;
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# mysqladmin -u root -p
mysqladmin Ver 8.41 Distrib 4.1.20, for redhat-linux-gnu on x86_64
Copyright (C) 2000 MySQL AB & MySQL Finland AB & TCX DataKonsult AB
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license
Administration program for the mysqld daemon.
Usage: mysqladmin [OPTIONS] command command....
-c, --count=# Number of iterations to make. This works with -i
(--sleep) only.
-#, --debug[=name] Output debug log. Often this is 'd:t:o,filename'.
-f, --force Don't ask for confirmation on drop database; with
multiple commands, continue even if an error
occurs.
-C, --compress Use compression in server/client protocol.
--character-sets-dir=name
Directory where character sets are.
--default-character-set=name
Set the default character set.
-?, --help Display this help and exit.
-h, --host=name Connect to host.
-p, --password[=name]
.....
.....
.....
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]#
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# mysqladmin -u root password xyz
mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)'
* end *
Stephen
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