Technical said: > These are the package I installed > > mysql-3.23.58-4.i386.rpm: ########################## Done. > mysql-bench-3.23.58-4.i386. ########################## Done. > mysql-devel-3.23.58-4.i386. ########################## Done. > mysql-server-3.23.58-4.i386 ########################## Done. > [root@sojourn lib]# mysqladmin -u root password 'mynewpassword#@@' > > I get this ysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed > error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)' > Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You never started the server. service mysqld start -- William Hooper
