Re: Permissions block database creation

[Косов Евгений]

User ''@'localhost' just hasn't enough privileges to create databases.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/privilege-system.html


Doug Pinkerton wrote:
> I'm a total newbie working through the tutorial in DuBois's _MySQL_. 
> I've got MySQL running on my PowerBook. In Terminal, I can use the mysql 
> client to get responses to things like SELECT NOW(). But the command 
> CREATE DATABASE sampdb; results in the following error.
> 
> ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied for user ''@'localhost' to database 
> 'sampdb'
> mysql>
> 
> I am unable to determine its location, which causes me to suspect that 
> it is in the portion of the system not accessible from the Finder. Can 
> anyone offer a suggestion?
> 
> Mac OS 10.4.5
> 
> Thanks,
> dp