On Saturday 14 December 2002 23:07, tlr7425 at garnet dot acns dot fsu dot edu
wrote:
> how exactly do I change the Root user's password for mysql?
>
> like this? :
>
> mysqladmin -u root -p'newpasswd' ? (without a space between -p and
> 'newpasswd' ?)
>
> and, if that is correct, I guess I'd then be presented with a prompt
> for the old passwd, right?
> Then, the new one would take effect?
mysqladmin -u root -p password newpassword
and you get a prompt for an old password.
For more info take a look at:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Passwords.html
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