On Thursday, Jun 07, 2001, h3rb wrote: > How do I set the root password for mysql? I can't add any database's or > anything cause it tells me that root@localhost is denied access. I switch to > the user mysql and try to change the password that way. And mysql tell's me > that the user mysql doesn't have permission to change passwords for other > users. Could anyone point me in the right direction? I have gone to > mysql.com and tried their solution to change a forgotton password. And that > doesn't work either. I still can't connect to my database. I have setup > mysql from scratch on other distro's. But this one with MDK8 is just about > driving me nutz. /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'whatever-password-you-want' should do it... -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], ICQ#: 25370820, OpenPGP key at www.keyserver.net 1024D/39F0BBF4 2024 B7CB 10BF 6BE7 2ECE E0FD 1360 0181 39F0 BBF4 Current Linux uptime: 6 days 13 hours 1 minutes.
