On 8/18/07, Twaha Daudi <<a href="mailto:tdmlwilo@yahoo.com">tdmlwilo@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hello all, Good day Mysql still not working,.I have not set the password but cant login,getting this error root@NGiveupLaptop:~# mysql -u root ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) root@NGiveupLaptop:~# netstat -tap | grep mysql tcp 0 0 localhost:mysql *:* LISTEN 4909/mysqld it is listening on port 4909 instead of 3360. Please any help I will appreciate <hr size="1"></blockquote><div> Hello, If this is the first time you are attempting to access MySQL then the reason the above command does not work for you is because no MySQL root password has been set yet. To log into MySQL for the first time do:- sudo mysql Now you are in the MySQL application you can now set your MySQL root password. Do this by issuing:- SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('yourPassword'); the quit MySQL with:- \q Now try logging into MySQL as the root user using the password created in the previous step:- mysql -u root -p Regards Lee Tambiah </div>ubuntu-users mailing list <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com </a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </a> </div>