When you go to /etc/mysql/ and look in the file my.conf on my system it contains:
# This will be passed to all mysql clients [client] #password = my_password port = 3306 socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock (no pass set, which is also the default by apt imo). hth > I only did "apt-get install mysql-server" after which I did "mysqladmin -u > root -p create moregroupware" > > Nothing... Same error with our without the "-p" > > If a root password has been set, it has been during downloading and > unpacking of the debian package. in other words: not by me.. > > Does anyone know if a password is set when freshly installing mysql? > > Thanks, > Mark > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Oliver Elphick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mark Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 11:27 PM > Subject: Re: Mysql question. > > > On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 22:06, Mark Maas wrote: > > > All, > > > menem:/home/mark# mysqladmin -u root -p create moregroupware > > > Enter password: > > > mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed > > > error: 'Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using > > > password: YES)' > > > menem:/home/mark# > > > > > > So that's the point where I get stuck. > > > > If you didn't create a password for the mysql root user, don't use -p. > > > > If you did create one, you may be typing it wrong, in which case I can't > > help. It is NOT the same as the system's root password unless you > > deliberately made it so. > > > > -- > > Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Isle of Wight, UK > > http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 > > 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== > > "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous > > man his thoughts; and let him return unto the LORD, > > and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for > > he will abundantly pardon." Isaiah 55:7 -- http://www.de-brauwer.be -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
