Skip the -p.
You have no current password .
Jay Paulson wrote:
>I'm trying to change the root password for mysql. This is the first time
>I've tried to change the password and I can't get it to work. Below is the
>error message I get:
>
>[root@localhost bin]# ./mysqladmin -u root -p password '
If you have just finished installing, then root has no current password
and you can leave out the -p altogether:
root@localhost bin]# ./mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password'
good luck
Richard Ward
>>> "Jay Paulson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/16/02 12:57AM >>>
I'm trying to change the root pa
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-Original Message-
From: Jay Paulson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 4:57 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Changing root password
I'm trying to change the root password for mysql. This
I'm trying to change the root password for mysql. This is the first time
I've tried to change the password and I can't get it to work. Below is the
error message I get:
[root@localhost bin]# ./mysqladmin -u root -p password 'new-password'
Enter password:
./mysqladmin: connect to server at 'loca
Hello,
I have been using JDBC with MySQL for the past couple of days without any user id or
password. After reading the directions in the privileges section I decided to change
the password for root. I used the following example from the online manual:
shell> mysql -u root mysql
mysql> UPDAT
