Hi Guys, Colour me "so stupid". You can ignore my message (see below). It *was* my syntax. Guess I shouldn't do stuff like this when I'm tired - it should have been 'colleen'@'localhost' *not* 'colleen@localhost'. Sorry! :-) Regards, Colleen C.Beamer wrote: > Hi All, > > The subject line does not refer to a graphics card. It refers to > the fact that I think Fedora Core was stricken with some sort of > voodoo because I can't do anything in FC4 that was easy as pie in > FC3. > > This probably isn't the right place to post this, but I've > discovered that Fedora, as much as I love it, is "quirky", so I'm > going to ask for help. If it is not a Fedora issue, then kindly > directy me to the place where I can get help. > > My problem has to do with mysql. > > I've been using this since FC2 and have always added users using > the "GRANT" command. > > For instance, I used to be able to type (as root) GRANT ALL ON *.* > TO 'colleen@localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION; > > (Of course, I'm not going to put a "real" password in there!) > > Now, I get a message saying that the syntax is wrong. I would > wonder except that I got this from the MySQL website where the user > manual is posted. I also have an O'Reilly Book that I use. > > What is going on here? Can anyone help? > > Regards, > > Colleen > >
