Re: Help with running MySQL 5 on OS X Leopard

[Unnsse Khan]

Yes, I did and what happens is that the 'xxx' becomes appended to the  
next line and the line after that asks the user for the password  
(which also fails).

The way I got it working was this:

mysql -u root -p

Kindest regards,

Unnsse

On Feb 25, 2008, at 8:34 AM, fire9 wrote:

> Unnsse Khan 写道:
>> Hello there,
>>
>> I am running OS X Leopard on an Intel based iMac machine...
>>
>> Followed the instructions to a T and everything works as described  
>> in:
>>
>> http://hivelogic.com/articles/installing-mysql-on-mac-os-x/
>>
>> Now, after running MySQL using launchd, when I try to login using:
>>
>> mysql -u root
>>
>> I get the following error:
>>
>> Falcon:~ untz$ mysql -u root
>> ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user  
>> 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)
>>
>> What am I possibly doing wrong?
>>
>> Many, many thanks!
>>
>> -Unnsse
> Unnsse,
> hi, you try mysql -uroot -pxxx(xxx is your password)
> done