[MySQL] Modifying user passwords

[jludwig]

On Tuesday 25 April 2006 7:28 pm, Ali Helmy wrote:
> Hey mates,
>
> I have a clean installation of MySQL 5, with a user root and no password...
> and for some reason, MySQL-Administrator fails to modify user passwords...
>
> So can someone tell me how to set a new password for the user root, and how
> to create new users for MySQL through the command line? Thanks
>
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> Cheers,
>      A. Helmy
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I did this also. If I remember you need to use  mysql_config.
If not there is a detailed set of directions on http://www.brainbell.com/.
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