How embarrassing. Yes I must have accidentally deleted the table. I reinstalled and it works fine now. Thank you very much for your help. -Matt _____ From: dpgirago@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dpgirago@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:14 AM To: Perry, Matthew (Fire Marshal's Office) Subject: RE: setting root password try mysql\> use mysql then mysql\>show tables is the user table there? if not, have you dropped the user table? David "Perry, Matthew (Fire Marshal's Office)" <Matthew.Perry@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 10/19/2004 11:09 AM To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc: Subject: RE: setting root password I entered select user(); It outputs: --------------- user() root@localhost --------------- After I enter: SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=PASSWORD('mypassword'); ERROR 1146: Table mysql.user does not exist. How is this possible? - Matt -----Original Message----- From: dpgirago@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dpgirago@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 8:37 AM To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: setting root password Matt, Is there a space between PASSWORD and the opening parenthesis? There shouldn't be, if there is. Otherwise, your statement worked without errors for me on MySQL Version 4.0.16.max-nt. Make sure that you are logged in as root. C : \ >select user(); Sometimes MySQL is cryptic about its error messages for security reasons. dave "Perry, Matthew (Fire Marshal's Office)" <Matthew.Perry@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 10/19/2004 08:24 AM To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc: Subject: RE: setting root password After going to the command prompt I have done exactly this: c:\>cd C:\mysql\bin c:\mysql\bin>mysql -uroot -p mysql>SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=PASSWORD('mypassword'); I get the following familiar message: You have an error on your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'PASSWORD('mypassword')' at line 1 Why does this not set my password correctly? -Matt _____ From: dpgirago@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dpgirago@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 1:35 PM To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Perry, Matthew (Fire Marshal's Office) Subject: Re: setting root password If you haven't yet deleted the localhost root account, you can log onto the mysql client with: mysql> mysql -uroot -p then press enter again when it prompts you for a password. You should now be able to manage all your account info. dave "Perry, Matthew (Fire Marshal's Office)" <Matthew.Perry@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 10/18/2004 01:28 PM To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc: Subject: setting root password I have tried the step-by-step methods listed on mysql.com for setting a root password for my local server but I keep getting the message "you must have privileges to update tables in the mysql database to be able to change passwords for others". What could I be doing incorrectly? -Matt -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
