help with LAMP mainly MySQL

hargi · 20 Feb 2009 at 12:36

going through this tutorial http://www.susegeek.com/internet-browser/install-configure-lamp-apachemysqlphp-in-opensuse-110/
and get stuck at this bit

opensuse11:~ # mysqladmin -u root -p rootpassword

now i type in mysqladmin -u root -p mypassword it then says enter password:
so i do and then i get a

mysqladmin: connection to server at 'localhost' failed
error: ' Access denied for user 'root@localhost' (using password:YES)'

what am i doing wrong

shine · 20 Feb 2009 at 17:55

Try:

Code:

mysqladmin -h localhost -u root password "rootpass"

dangerstat · 20 Feb 2009 at 18:57

you shouldn't need to specify the host if your MySQL system is installed locally. Depending on how you installed it, you'll need
> mysql -p

(which will take your username as who you are logged in on as, use whoami at the command line to check this)

Napaim · 20 Feb 2009 at 22:33

-h is the host your on, -p and -u don't need a space do they?