How to configure mysql server?

[CodeHeads]

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:24:22 +0100 Timothy Murphy <tim at birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie>
wrote:

> CodeHeads wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 03:42:30 +0100 Timothy Murphy
> > <tim at birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
> > 
> >> I'd like to run mysqld on my desktop "alfred"
> >> and run a mysql client on my laptop "elizabeth".
> >> 
> >> It seems I need to grant permission on alfred
> >> for tim at elizabeth to access the server,
> >> but I have not found how to do this.
> 
> > Try this:
> > $ mysql -u root
> > 
> > As a default root does not have a password. You have to change the root
> > password after you install it the first time.
> 
> [tim at alfred ~]$ mysql -u root
> ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using
> password: NO)
> [tim at alfred ~]$ su
> Password:
> [root at alfred tim]# mysql -u root
> ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using
> password: NO)
> [root at alfred tim]#

Did you set the root password after you installed mysql??
Will
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