I just installed apache 4.x on Kubuntu 5.10 via apt-get. I want to securethe account as per the instructions found at: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/default-privileges.html I apparantly have these users: mysql> select Host, User FROM mysql.user; +-----------+------------------+ | Host | User | +-----------+------------------+ | ety | root | | localhost | debian-sys-maint | | localhost | root | +-----------+------------------+ 3 rows in set (0.11 sec) So I proceed tto the first step in the guide, but I get this error: mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR ''@'localhost' = PASSWORD('my_password_here'); ERROR 1133: Can't find any matching row in the user table What is the proper way to continue? Should I use these three commands?: mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'ety' = PASSWORD('my_password_here'); mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR 'debian-sys-maint'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('my_password_here'); mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('my_password_here'); Thank you in advance. Dotan Cohen http://technology-sleuth.com/question/how_can_i_be_safe_online.html