Hi Mark,
Have you checked to see if you any aliases set? It might be using that
instead of the mysql command. May well be worth checking your path to
ensure you aren't picking up a script called mysql or something similar.
Regards
David Logan
Database Administrator
HP Managed Services
148 Frome Street,
Adelaide 5000
Australia
+61 8 8408 4273 - Work
+61 417 268 665 - Mobile
+61 8 8408 4259 - Fax
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Phillips [mailto:mark@stripped]
Sent: Thursday, 22 December 2005 5:02 PM
To: MYSQL List
Subject: Need Help Connecting
I have the following setup - mysql 4.0.24 running on Debian Linux
stable.
I set up a user 'mark' with a password. When I log into my Linux box as
user
'mark', I cannot connect to mysql - I get this funny error message:
mark@latitude610:~$ mysql -h localhost -u mark -p
mysql: unknown option '--user mark'
mark@latitude610:~$
If I su to another user, I can login as mark to mysql
emily@latitude610:~$ mysql -h localhost -u mark -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 128 to server version:
4.0.24_Debian-10sarge1-log
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
mysql>
I don't get it - why can't I use the '-u mark' option with mysql when I
am
logged into my own Linux user account?
Thanks!
--
Mark Phillips
Phillips Marketing, Inc
mark@stripped
602 524-0376
480 945-9197 fax
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