Hands down the fastest way to set a root password for a newly initialized mysql db: $ mysql -u root set password for root@localhost = password('CHANGEME'); flush privileges; quit; Now, log on as: mysql -u root -p And you will be prompted for the password that you just set. -- John Registered Linux User 263680, get counted at http://counter.li.org -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list