Re: Confused about MySQL access

[Gerald Clark]

Rolf Hopkins wrote:

> > Hi,
> >
> > Does root have a password? If so, you will need to do mysqladmin -p
> version,
> > and enter the password when requested.
>
> Small correction here, should be
>
> mysqladmin -p --version

No.
'mysqladmin -p --version' returns the version of mysqladmin.
'mysqladmin -p version' also returns version information for the currently running server.