On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 10:03 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > 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. > That will be the mysql root user, not the system root user. IF that was setup installing mythtv, then you need to check the scripts used in the package that installed mysql. -- Brian Millett - [ Ivanova, "The Geometry of Shadows"] "If it gets too bad I'll just gnaw it off at the ankle."
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