From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 18 17:57:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7BF116A4C0 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 17:57:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bmyster.com (loqtis.bmyster.com [65.162.190.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42E9643FE5 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 17:57:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shawn@guillemette.org) Received: from hsdlaptop (d-216-195-137-242.metrocast.net [216.195.137.242]) by bmyster.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h8J12JRt072836 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 21:02:20 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <001501c37e62$27788350$6601a8c0@hsdlaptop> From: "Shawn Guillemette" To: Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 20:57:32 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: mysql error and phpmyadmin how-to X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:57:54 -0000 get the following error when trying to log in to mysql as root like so = ..=20 # mysql -u root -p Enter password: ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: = YES) I'm issuing this command as root.=20 Also as root I have attempted to change the passwd..=20 # mysqladmin -u root password newpassword mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed mysql version --> mysql-server-3.23.55 Multithreaded SQL database = (server) Also Looking for a good how-to on phpmyadmin.. =20 I installed from the ports collection (phpMyAdmin-2.3.2) Just not = sure what direction to head in now..=20 Thanks for your time..=20 Shawn