jason... did a fresh mysql install..
simply type
foo> mysql
and mysq will start, assuming you have the mysq daemon started.
to start the mysql daemon,
/etc/init.d/service/mysql start
(check it first, but it's something like the above..)
-Original Message-
From: Jason Todd Slack-Moeh
On 4/27/09, Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> CentOS 5.3
>
> I installed MySQL Server via yum and started it.
>
> I tried entering:
>
> mysqladmin -u root password yourrootsqlpassword
> mysqladmin -h server1.example.com -u root password yourrootsqlpassword
>
> But I get:
>
> r...@serv