mysql problem

[Karl Larsen]

Carl Friis-Hansen wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>>>> karl at karl-desktop:~$ mysqladmin -p secret version
>>>>         
> Hi, Karl
> normally you would *never* use sudo for this.
> Instead tell the cilient what user you want to log in as.
> In you case:
> mysql -hlocalhost -uroot -p
>
>   
    Hi Carl, my problem was I thought like you are and I put too much 
information in the command line. As I understand now, MySQL reads the 
user name from the terminal and then asked for the password. So I need 
to be a root user to use that password. I also have another user set up 
from my normal user "karl" and that works too. You need to let the 
system know who is calling on localhost. I have no idea how they get it 
working on Windows :-)

Karl


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