Shravan, Wednesday, September 18, 2002, 10:17:29 PM, you wrote: SD> I am completely new to MySQL. I installed the source SD> version of MySQL on Solaris 2.8. I did SD> "mysql_install_db".
SD> I started the server by saying SD> "bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql &". The server started SD> my creating "mysql.sock" file in the /tmp directory. SD> Now i SD> want to stop the server. How should i do it? SD> I did "bin/mysqladmin -u mysql shutdown" SD> The error message that came up was: SD> ************************************************** SD> /home/shravan/extra/mysql/bin/mysqladmin: shutdown SD> failed; error: 'Access denied for user: '@localhost' SD> (Using password: NO)' SD> ************************************************** SD> I also tried "bin/mysqladmin -u root shutdown" and SD> also SD> "bin/mysqladmin -u shravan shutdown". But i could not SD> get the server down. Do users 'root' and 'shravan' have passwords? if so, you should use mysqladmin -u root -p shutdown -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
