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Date:      Sun, 1 Sep 2002 15:16:54 +0000
From:      Jeff Jeter <gsfgf@softhome.net>
To:        "Corey Snow" <corey@snowpoint.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Mysql won't let me in -- Update
Message-ID:  <20020901151654.2ca551ad.gsfgf@softhome.net>
In-Reply-To: <3D70C959.19129.39875B56@localhost>
References:  <20020831114147.39c550b7.gsfgf@softhome.net> <3D70C959.19129.39875B56@localhost>

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I got it eorking locally, but when i try to connect remotely "mysql -h server" it hangs.  How do i allow access.  I can't connect w/ ftp, nfs, or telnet to this box either.  my /etc/hosts.allow is "ALL : ALL : allow"


On Sat, 31 Aug 2002 13:49:13 -0700
"Corey Snow" <corey@snowpoint.com> wrote:

> On 31 Aug 2002, at 11:41, Jeff Jeter wrote:
> 
> > I installed mysql, started it with safe_mysqld, and changed the root password w/ mysql admin.  mysqladmin -u root password ********  now when i try to create a databas w/ mysql admin it won't accept a pass.
> > 
> > mysqladmin create mini 
> > mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> > error: 'Access denied for user: ' root@localhost' (Using password:NO)'
> > 
> 
> Try just 
> 
> %mysql -u root -p
> 
> Which should prompt you for the password. You might also try 
> "root@servername" as the user ID, but that's a long shot.
> 
> Corey
> 
> 

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