Re: [cobalt-developers] mysql questions

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I started with mysql and have ran into a bit of a snag..   I installed my
> > mysql using rpm -i mysql-version.rpm
> > after this had completed (with no complaints) it kindly reminded me to
> > change the mysql root passwd. However, after running updatedb I can not
> > locate the mysql file or the mysqladmin file. SO when I type 
> > mysqladmin -u root -p password newpassword  I get command not found.

What user are you doing this as?  Generally I think the rpm sticks all the 
MySQL binaries in /usr/bin or maybe /usr/local/bin... those directories may 
not be in your default search path (do "set | grep PATH" to see what your 
path is).

As other have said, doing 'locate mysqladmin' or 'find / -name mysqladmin 
-print' should show you where they are.  Then just prepend that path to the 
command to run it (i.e., specific /usr/local/bin/mysqladmin ...)