Re: Broken pipe

[Sergei Golubchik]

Hi!

On Dec 06, DŘŨM ŜŎŁŐ wrote:
> I just recently installed mySQL (4.0.16-pc-linux-i686), but have been
> having trouble using the mysqlaccess script. I am trying to set a root
> password, but every time it gives me a "Broken pipe" error. The
> $MYSQL     = '/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql'; line needs no changing
> because I installed mysql in the default directory. Here is what i
> type and the output:
> 
> root@desmond:/usr/local/mysql# ./bin/mysqlaccess -u root password '<removed>'
> mysqlaccess Version 2.06, 20 Dec 2000
> By RUG-AIV, by Yves Carlier (Yves.Carlier@stripped)
> Changes by Steve Harvey (sgh@stripped)
> This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> Broken pipe
> 
> I'm very new to sql and this is testing my patience. I've been sitting
> here for hours trying to figure this out.

You must have mysqld ruinning before you can use mysqlaccess script.
 
Regards,
Sergei

-- 
   __  ___     ___ ____  __
  /  |/  /_ __/ __/ __ \/ /   Sergei Golubchik <serg@stripped>
 / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__  MySQL AB, Senior Software Developer
/_/  /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/  Osnabrueck, Germany
       <___/  www.mysql.com