On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 11:18:05AM -0400, Mark Haney wrote: > I have a funky problem that I hope someone can help me with. I've got a > mysql data running (on FC6, sadly) on a system where the root password was > changed a few days ago. Used to, I could just enter 'mysql' at root and > could get into the mysql command line. > > I went in an changed the root password in mysql to reflect the changed root > password and edited .my.cnf to the new password, but now when I'm in root > and type 'mysql' I get this: > > ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using > password: YES) > > I know the root pwd in mysql is correct as our databases are working just > fine on it. > > The reason I have a problem with this is because I'm trying to install a > Zenoss RPM I built for FC6 and on startup Zenoss inits it's DB and tables, > but it can't because it can't login as the root user. > > How do I fix this? I'm sure it's something silly, but I've googled until I > can't take it any more. > Why not initially try getting mysql to ask for the password when you log in, e.g.:- mysql -u root -p ... and it will ask for the password for user 'root' in mysql. I'm just wondering if you mis-typed the password when you changed it in mysql (I always find the syntax for doing it confusing). At least if you do the above you can have a few guesses at what you might have entered. -- Chris Green -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines