[cobalt-users] Re: Need help with MySQL

["David Bolton" <dhbolton@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Todd
I only came saw your thread today so I'm a bit late on this. I had to reset 
my MYSQL root password on Saturday which is similar to your problem. I have 
Koflers book on MySQL and it has a whole chapter on security which is 
excellent at explaining how to do this sort of thing on Linux/Windows.

David

> First, I want to say thank you for all of your help *and* patience.  It has 
> been
> more difficult than I thought to get MySQL up and running on the Cobalt RaQ 
> 4
> server.  This is mainly due to my lack of knowledge and experience in 
> Linux/RaQ
> servers/MySQL.
>
> Here was the final answer provided on the MySQL list:
>
> +++
> you don't use the root password that's in /etc/passwd, mySQL has a separate
> authentication
> system. If you haven't set root's password yet, just don't include the 
> password
> option (so
> remove -p password from the command line).
> +++
>
> With "mysql -h www.mysite.org mysql", I was able to get in and set up the 
> User
> table.  It is going to take me a little while to grasp all of the 
> intricacies as
> to why this works because on my Linux server I had to use the root 
> password.
>
> Again, many thanks........
>
> Todd


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