You don't need the /usr/bin/. Try just: mysqladmin -u root -p password 'new-password'. If your setting this for the first time, you don't even need the -p.
Jason > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 3:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: no mysqladmin > > >Description: > Just installed this release with rpm, which says: > > PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MySQL root USER ! > This is done with: > /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password 'new-password' > /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h localhost -p password 'new-password' > > Unfortunately there's no /usr/bin/mysqladmin file in > my system. > > >How-To-Repeat: > > >Fix: > > > >Submitter-Id: <submitter ID> > >Originator: Jose Solorzano > >Organization: > > >MySQL support: [none | licence | email support | extended email support ] > >Synopsis: > >Severity: > >Priority: > >Category: mysql > >Class: > >Release: mysql-3.23.43 (Official MySQL RPM) > > >Environment: > > System: Linux localhost 2.2.16-22 #1 Tue Aug 22 16:49:06 EDT 2000 i686 > unknown > Architecture: i686 > > Some paths: /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/make /usr/bin/gmake /usr/bin/gcc > /usr/bin/cc > GCC: Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/specs > gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.0) > Compilation info: CC='gcc' CFLAGS='-O6 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -mpentium' > CXX='gcc' CXXFLAGS='-O6 -fno-omit-frame-pointer > -felide-constructors -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -mpentium' LDFLAGS='' > LIBC: > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Jun 7 18:00 /lib/libc.so.6 -> > libc-2.2.so > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5072386 Jan 10 2001 /lib/libc-2.2.so > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24498288 Jan 10 2001 /usr/lib/libc.a > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178 Jan 10 2001 /usr/lib/libc.so > Configure command: ./configure --disable-shared > --with-mysqld-ldflags=-all-static --with-client-ldflags=-all-static > --without-berkeley-db --without-innodb --enable-assembler > --with-mysqld-user=mysql --with-unix-socket-path=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock > --prefix=/ --with-extra-charsets=complex --exec-prefix=/usr > --libexecdir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share > --localstatedir=/var/lib/mysql --infodir=/usr/info > --includedir=/usr/include --mandir=/usr/man '--with-comment=Official MySQL > RPM' > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
