Hi Maciej, I found that I made a mistake from the beginning
# mysqladmin -u root password yourrootsqlpassword leaving out "--" before "password" Retried as follows; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# mysqladmin -u root --password mypassword Enter password: Typing either "mypassword" or "YES" prompted; mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)' * end * Still failed satimis -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Problem-on-creating-root-password-tf3479106.html#a9726511 Sent from the MySQL - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]