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    MySQL Help

    Does anyone know the command to set the password for the root user (new install) and start the server?

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    Hi ac1dsp3ctrum,

    Which version of MySQL are you using? Windows or Linux?

    If you're using for windows you can set the root/administrator password after installation by going to the directory / folder where you have installed MySQL.

    Proceed to the bin folder and double-click winmysqladmin.exe it will ask you for the username and password of the administrator, and it will automatically load MySQL afterwards.

    Hope this helps.

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    hope this helps as well:

    http://www.mysql.com/doc/D/e/Default_privileges.html

    cheers,
    the only thing that doesn\'t change is everything will always change.

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    http://www.mysql.com/doc/D/e/Default_privileges.html gives you....
    shell> mysql -u root mysql
    mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=PASSWORD('new_password');
    Hope something there helps....
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    from install :
    You should also add a password for the `root' user. The following
    example starts by removing the anonymous user that can be used by anyone
    to access the `test' database, then sets a `root' user password:

    C:\> C:\mysql\bin\mysql mysql
    mysql> DELETE FROM user WHERE Host='localhost' AND User='';
    mysql> QUIT
    C:\> C:\mysql\bin\mysqladmin reload
    C:\> C:\mysql\bin\mysqladmin -u root password your_password

    After you've set the password, if you want to take down the `mysqld'
    server, you can do so using this command:

    C:\> mysqladmin --user=root --password=your_password shutdown


    * Use passwords for all MySQL users. Remember that anyone can log in
    as any other person as simply as `mysql -u other_user db_name' if
    `other_user' has no password. It is common behavior with
    client/server applications that the client may specify any user
    name. You can change the password of all users by editing the
    `mysql_install_db' script before you run it, or only the password
    for the MySQL `root' user like this:

    shell> mysql -u root mysql
    mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('new_password')
    WHERE user='root';
    mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;


    Because your installation is initially wide open, one of the first
    things you should do is specify a password for the MySQL `root' user.
    You can do this as follows (note that you specify the password using
    the `PASSWORD()' function):

    shell> mysql -u root mysql
    mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('new_password')
    WHERE user='root';
    mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;


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    Attached is Install file (compressed)
    There is only one constant, one universal, it is the only real truth: causality. Action. Reaction. Cause and effect...There is no escape from it, we are forever slaves to it. Our only hope, our only peace is to understand it, to understand the 'why'. 'Why' is what separates us from them, you from me. 'Why' is the only real social power, without it you are powerless.

    (Merovingian - Matrix Reloaded)

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