Miretsky,
Wednesday, May 22, 2002, 8:41:57 PM, you wrote:
M> I tried to create a password for the root user in a new installation of
M> MySQL by typing
M> % mysql -u root mysql
M> Then typing and update statement like
M> Update user set password = "somepassword" where user="root";
You must use the PASSWORD() function:
UPDATE user SET password = PASSWORD("somepassword") WHERE user="root";
M> After doing this I typed because I could still get into mysql without a
M> password
M> % mysqladmin -u root status
M> % mysqladmin -u root reload
If you change data in privilege tables manually (without using GRANT)
you should do FLUSH PRIVILEGES or mysqladmin reload.
M> I think what I should have done is typed - update user SET password =
M> PASSWORD("somepassword") where user ="root".
Yes.
M> Now I can't get into mysql at all as root, with the password I set.
M> I get the error message "Access denied for user 'root@localhost' (using
M> password =YES)"
Your password is stored in user table in non-encrypted state. When you
try to connect with -p option MySQL encrypts your password with
PASSWORD() function and compares result of function with data in user
table.
M> I have tried to restart mysql with the --skip-grant-tables option but I
M> still can't get in as root?
You get access denied error again???? If so, when you get error: when
you try to connect to the MySQL server, when you try to reset
password???
M> How do I fix this? Can anyone help?
M> Anya Miretsky
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