Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 21:50:10 -0700 From: "Shawn Guillemette" <shawn@guillemette.org> To: "Barry Hawkins" <barryhawkins@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mysql error and phpmyadmin how-to Message-ID: <00bb01c37e69$822b0870$6601a8c0@hsdlaptop> References: <548F4E9E-EA42-11D7-A53C-000A95A0485E@mac.com>
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this was part of the howto that I followed.. mysqladmin -u root password newpassword I had also created a database already.. however 24 hours later I cant seem to get it to work...I know it something stupid..,.,. ":-)----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Hawkins" <barryhawkins@mac.com> To: "Shawn Guillemette" <shawn@guillemette.org> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 6:41 PM Subject: Re: mysql error and phpmyadmin how-to > On Thursday, Sep 18, 2003, at 23:57 US/Eastern, Shawn Guillemette wrote: > > > get the following error when trying to log in to mysql as root like > > so .. > > > > # mysql -u root -p > > Enter password: > > ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: > > YES) > > > > I'm issuing this command as root. > > > > > > Also as root I have attempted to change the passwd.. > > > > > > # 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.. > > > > I installed from the ports collection (phpMyAdmin-2.3.2) Just not > > sure what direction to head in now.. > > > > > > > > Thanks for your time.. > > > > Shawn > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > Shawn, > The user named root in MySQL is completely separate from your root > user for your BSD installation. It initially has no password, so > "mysql -u root" without the -p should work for you. I have always > installed from source code builds, so I am not sure as to whether or > not the port does this for you. Have you run the mysql_install_db > script to initialize the databases in MySQL? If not, you could > potentially be seeing a situation where the permission tables for the > daemon are not available, so you are being rejected out-of-hand. I > would try the "mysql -u root" first, if you have run the script (or if > the port runs the script for you; regrettably I do not know if it does). > > Regards, > -- > Barry C. Hawkins > All Things Computed > site: www.allthingscomputed.com/ > weblog: www.allthingscomputed.com/blog/ >
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