I figured out how to do this...
# mysqladmin -usomeuser -p<oldpassword> password <newpassword>
Thanks anyway!
Tauren
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tauren Mills [mailto:tauren@stripped]
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 1999 5:37 PM
> To: mysql@stripped
> Subject: Changing password by user
>
>
> How does any common user that has a mysql database on a shared database
> server change their password?
>
> The common user "someuser" (which exists and has a database of
> thier own) on
> my server cannot get into the mysql table using this command:
>
> #mysql -usomeuser -p mysql
> Enter password:
> ERROR 1044: Access denied for user: 'someuser@localhost' to
> database 'mysql'
>
> Is there some command they can execute that will change their database
> password?
>
> Thanks,
> Tauren
>
>
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