From: Shawn Green
Date: April 18 2010 4:20pm
Subject: Re: Problem with installing MySQL
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alba.albetti wrote:
> I've just installed MySQL on Windows 2000.
> I've opened the MS-DOS windows and I've written >C:\Programs\MySQL\...\bin\mysqladmin -u root -p password mysql2010
> After the enter the prompt says >Enter password:  and I've given <enter> and I get
> 
> mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)'
> 
> After installing MySQL what do I have to do left?
> Sorry my this is my firt time with MySQL
> 

If you have not set a password for the root user, yet, then there is no 
password. Leave off the -p option and see if it allows you to set it 
that way.

-- 
Shawn Green
MySQL Principle Technical Support Engineer
Oracle USA, Inc.
Office: Blountville, TN