On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 14:45, john wrote:
> 
> 
> Ok.. I got the /etc/my.cnf under control, but now when I do this:
> 
> root@rock:/etc# mysqladmin -u root -h rock password *****
> mysqladmin: connect to server at 'rock' failed
> error: 'Host 'rock.biohazard.org' is not allowed to connect to this 
> MySQL server'
> 
> Then I tried this:
> 
> root@rock:/etc# mysqladmin create testDB
> mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO)'
> 
> in /etc/group, I added root and my user john to the mysql group.. but 
> that did not help.
> 
> If there is something in the manual, please point it out to me, so I can 
> figure this mess out.
> 
> Thanks a million
> 
> John


Have you ran mysql_install_db?


John Coder



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