Re: How to configure mysql server?

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On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 03:42:30 +0100 Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I'd like to run mysqld on my desktop "alfred"
> and run a mysql client on my laptop "elizabeth".
> 
> It seems I need to grant permission on alfred
> for tim@elizabeth to access the server,
> but I have not found how to do this.
> 
> I'm running mysqld version 5.0.22 under Fedora-5.
> 
> When I try to set the password for user "root" on my desktop
> I get the error:
> ------------------------------------------
> [root@alfred tim]# mysqladmin -u root password whatever
> mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)'
> ------------------------------------------
> Another attempt fails:
> ------------------------------------------
> [root@alfred tim]#  mysql -h localhost -u root -p
> Enter password:
> ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using
> password: YES)
> ------------------------------------------
> 
> Does this mean that "root" already has a password, which I do not know?
> 
> The only user I can login as is "mysql",
> but then I can do little:
> ------------------------------------------
> [tim@alfred ~]$ mysql -u sql -p
> Enter password:
> Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
> Your MySQL connection id is 4 to server version: 5.0.22
> 
> Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
> 
> mysql> grant all privileges on *.* to tim@elizabeth ;
> ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user ''@'localhost' (using password:
> NO)
> mysql> quit;
> Bye
> ------------------------------------------
> 
> Could some kind guru tell me the solution to my quandary?

Try this:
$ mysql -u root

As a default root does not have a password. You have to change the root
password after you install it the first time.

Will

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