Re: [MySQL] User name/password

2001-04-10 Thread B. van Ouwerkerk
>The username used if not specified in the mysql command, is your *nix >username, so for instance, if I'm logged in as benji and type: > >mysql -p > ** > >The mysql username is also benji. I would NOT consider it a good idea to use the same username for a shell account and a mysql account..

Re: [MySQL] User name/password

2001-04-10 Thread phobo
can't you just try logging in using different logins? why not login as "root", and make a new account? if you can access the mysql database, look at the user table ... ? siggy - Original Message - From: "Tim Thorburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2

Re: [MySQL] User name/password

2001-04-10 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 02:32:30AM -0500, Tim Thorburn wrote: > Hello, > > After playing around for a few days in between real work, I got my new > linux box up and running with RedHat 7.0 and MySQL 3.23.33 (the version the > hosting company we use supports). My problem is that I know what pas

Re: [MySQL] User name/password

2001-04-10 Thread Ben Dimmock
Tim, The username used if not specified in the mysql command, is your *nix username, so for instance, if I'm logged in as benji and type: mysql -p ** The mysql username is also benji. HTH Ben - Original Message - From: "Tim Thorburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> S