From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 30 17:44:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA04379 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 30 Sep 1997 17:44:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA04372 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 1997 17:44:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id KAA12923; Wed, 1 Oct 1997 10:14:06 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19971001101405.48178@lemis.com> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 10:14:05 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Keith Mitchell Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MySQL access problems References: <199710010011.UAA29290@weenix.guru.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199710010011.UAA29290@weenix.guru.org>; from Keith Mitchell on Tue, Sep 30, 1997 at 08:11:33PM -0400 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8250 Fax: +61-8-8388-8250 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, Sep 30, 1997 at 08:11:33PM -0400, Keith Mitchell wrote: > I just compiled/installed the Mysql port. Everything appears to work except > for the access control stuff. I can't figurew out how to set it up so that > I can use it. > > According to the documentation it is supposed to install default access > that will allow root to access anything. All I can get is : > > ERROR: Access denied for user: 'root' (Using password: YES) > > > Note: It says it is using passwords, yet from what I can tell there are > no password in the access database. That's probably the problem. I'd guess that 'using password' means 'requiring password'. Have you tried to enter a password into the database? Greg