Hi, Try with mysql -u root first, the installation process doesn't create a password.
You can then use mysqladmin -u root password 'newpassword' to set it. You can find out all about the security/permissions system here : http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/privilege-system.html Regards David Logan Database Administrator HP Managed Services 148 Frome Street, Adelaide 5000 Australia +61 8 8408 4273 - Work +61 417 268 665 - Mobile +61 8 8408 4259 - Fax -----Original Message----- From: untz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 1 December 2005 5:07 PM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Newbie help with MySQL Hello there, I am running MySQL 5 Community Edition on Mac OS X Tiger.... Here's what I did: 1. Ran the MySQL server from System Preferences 2. Launched Terminal and typed in the following: untz$ mysql -u root -p 3. Was prompted for my password, and after entering that in, I received this message: ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) I just installed MySQL 5 on my PowerBook, and haven't touched any of the configuration files.... Am I following the right steps? I am trying to get the command line to welcome me with: "Welcome to MySQL monitor. Comands end with ; or \g. " After this, I would like to create some tables..... Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? Many, many thanks! -Unnsse -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
