On Thu, 31 May 2001, Jean-Philippe Durrios wrote:
> 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.
The message from the RPM file is wrong.
Do not use the -p flag when setting the password.
Only use the -p password to specify an existing password.
(this is explained in the MySQL book by Paul Dubois).
Neil
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