Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 12:27:59 +0000 From: Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org> To: Stefan Moro <moro@medic.chalmers.se> Cc: freebsd-database@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mysql40 and FBSD 4.9 Message-ID: <20040208122758.GA6532@trit.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0402081256110.20804@moro.dtek.chalmers.se> References: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0402081256110.20804@moro.dtek.chalmers.se>
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Stefan Moro <moro@medic.chalmers.se> wrote: > Afetr the > installation I was trying to set the mysql root-users password with > mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password' > > when i tried that I got the following message: > > mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed > error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO)' "Using password: NO" means that the client tried to authenticate without sending a password. Try: mysqladmin -u root -p password 'new-password' Note the added -p flag, which should cause the client to prompt you for the current root password. Hope this helps, Dima.
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