At 8:03 PM +0800 2000-01-29, Jones Liu wrote:
> > ./mysql_install_db
>This line is fine and correct.
>
>> ./mysqladmin -u root -p$$$$$ mysql
> ^^^^^^
>This line WRONG. Between '-u' and 'root' without space.
>
>After you create db, the default password of root is none.
>
>So you can use ./mysqladmin -uroot password 'your_new_password'
>After this, then you can use ./mysql -uroot -pyou-new_password mysql
>to get in mysql database.
-u can be given in either -uname or -u name form. It's the -p option
that is picky about space between the option and the value: no space
allowed.
In general, all options *except* -p can be given with or without a
space between the option and the value.
--
Paul DuBois, paul@stripped
