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Date:      Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:19:26 -0400
From:      Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>
To:        Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: need mysql help setting passwd
Message-ID:  <20080612011925.GA634@shepherd>
In-Reply-To: <20080612010303.GA81167@thought.org>
References:  <20080612010303.GA81167@thought.org>

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Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote:

> the question is: how do I set the root password on mysql?  this is a 
> first step in getting phpbb3 up.   i have other CMS tools installed 
> on aristotle, m jail where my webserver runs.
> 
> this failed:
> 
> 
> mysqladmin -u root password
> mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)'

Start here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/access-denied.html

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Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>



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