Re: access denied for user: 'root@localhost'

[Michael Widenius]

>>>>> "michel" == michel tisniewaarhe <tisniewaarhe@stripped>
> writes:

michel> Mark,
michel> I tried that, but I get the same message for whatever I try with mysql 
michel> or mysqladmin

michel> Error 1045: Acces Denied for user: 'root@llocalhost' (using password: 
michel> YES)

The above means that you are supplying a password to mysqladmin on
your command line, your environment or through your my.cnf file !

Try:

mysqladmin --print-defaults

michel> As if it already has a password for root! But it can't  I erased the 
michel> mysql directory

michel> recreated the database mysql, start the deamon, and try to connect.

michel> It's weird ah?

Please include always a FULL example of what you do!  The error
message is not enough!

Regards,
Monty