On Monday 16 February 2009, Steve Searle wrote: >Around 02:33pm on Monday, February 16, 2009 (UK time), Gene Heskett scrawled: >> 3.# mysql -u root mysql > >3.# mysql -u root mysql -p > ^^ > >The -p will cause you to be prompted for root's password. What you have >tried does not supply the password. > >Steve Unforch Steve, same error: [root@coyote etc]# mysql -u root mysql -p Enter password: ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) [root@coyote etc]# mysql -u root mysql -p Enter password: ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) in each case I entered my root pw at the prompt. Thanks. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The cable TV sex channels don't expand our horizons, don't make us better people, and don't come in clearly enough. -- Bill Maher -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines