Re: MySQLd Password

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Am So, den 01.02.2004 schrieb Nicholas Evans um 22:40:
> Hello 
>    
>     I installed a mySQLd from the Fedora disc last night, and got it 
> running. I did the mysql_install_db to set up the user table and stuff, 
> and when I went to set a password for it it says...
> 
> mysqladmin: unable to change password; error: 'Table 'user' is read only'
> 
> I've tried running it as owlmanatt (user account), root, and mysql, but 
> it refuses to work. Could it be a chmod problem? I can't find where 
> mySQL keeps it's database files, so I don't know where to go to fix it. 
> I've been looking on google and trying to make it work since last night, 
> but I can't get it.
> 
> Any pointers would be much appreciated!
> 
> (And yes, servers don't seem to like me today.)
> 
> Thanks!
> Nicholas Evans

It would have been enough to run /etc/init.d/mysqld start to run the
initial process for creating the base mysql database. Now after manual
run of mysql_install_db you have to run manually "chown -R mysql.mysql
/var/lib/mysql".

Alexander


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