On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 08:55:19PM +0000, Alain LIEFOOGHE wrote:
> hello everybudy, i have a little problem with mysqld.
> The mysql deamon is on and i do exactly what it say's to me at the end 
> of the installation :
> " /usr/pkg/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password 'new-password' ", but it 
> always answer to me :
> " /usr/pkg/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO)"
> i am not root when i use the command and at last sometimes it's the same 
> message instead of (Using password: YES).
> I don't understand. is the mysql root user have to be in the mysql group  ?

I guess you need
/usr/pkg/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p
and once connected, type
password 'new-password'

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