They do work. Just need to follow instruction a little more closely, though
I will agree with, the instructions do trip up many beginners. Remove
the -p switch. It is only used if you have already set a password but since
you haven't ...
Also quotes around new-password aren't required.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean-Philippe Durrios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 14:21
Subject: root password setting error, can you help?
> Hi,
> How do I set the root password after installing MySQL server and client?
> I followed the after installation instructions,@they don'T work.
>
> mysqladmin -p password 'new-password'.... I don't get it.
>
> Thx for helping
>
> JP
>
>
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