On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:13:38 -0800, Michael Wilson <michaelwilso...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am running MySQL 5 on OS X Snow Leopard... > > Have it set up (by installing the pref pane) to always be running as soon > as my MacBook starts. > > For some odd reason, I can't remember the password I issued for "root" > user and wish to either change it back to blank or a new specific password. > > What should I type from the command line? > > When I tried: > > mysqladmin -uroot -p > > The Bash shell listed out all the possible arguments which the mysqladmin > could utilize: > > mysqladmin Ver 8.42 Distrib 5.4.3-beta, for apple-darwin9.5.0 on i386 > Copyright 2000-2008 MySQL AB, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. > This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, > and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license > > Administration program for the mysqld daemon. > Usage: mysqladmin [OPTIONS] command command.... > -c, --count=# Number of iterations to make. This works with -i > (--sleep) only. > --debug-check Check memory and open file usage at exit . > // etc > > Would appreciate if someone could help... > > -Michael
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