On Dec 13, 2007 12:11 PM, Al <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (Sorry if this is a duplicate post, email issues w/multiple accts) > > I have a MacBook Leopard OS 10.5.1 2 GB RAM. I've got a good amount of > knowledge of computer systems, but haven't setup or worked with mySQL > before. (usually use it preinstalled on my hosting service). I > downloaded the package and installed it via the automated setup that > comes for the MacOS. It started fine. The MySQL Sys prefs tool shows > the status of the server as running. However, I want to now setup > Wordpress on my localhost. I need to create a database on mysql. I > opened the shell and navigate to the location of mysql. I have been > using the instructions as shown below. > > $ mysql -u adminusername -p > Enter password: > > > This is where I'm stuck. No matter what account I use, I am unable to > login to the database. My personal account is the only account on the > machine, while it's not root, it has full admin privs, and I've tried > everything to login, including no password, my account's password, > etc. Since I've not activated root on this machine (I understand that > Apple, by default disables it), perhaps there's something I'm missing > in my lack of knowledge of the way the Mac OS uses root? > > I'm sure this is a stupid newbie issue, but I'm a bit wrapped around > the axle here. Do I need to use sudo? (I've even attempted this with > no success). I've searched on a few lists to see if anyone has had > this problem, but not seen it yet. > > Should I just reinstall? Am I just missing something that passed by in > install (I don't remember adding a password other than entering the > password that I use to admin the machine. > > Thoughts? Thanks in advance for any help. > > No idea about the particulars of OSX, however http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/resetting-permissions.html#resetting-permissions-unix should work.
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