>>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen Hartfield, CPA
> <srhcpa@stripped> writes:
Stephen> I am having a problem creating a database with a password.
Stephen> Using "insert into" I have entered host, user, password into the user
Stephen> database. When I "Select * from user" I get the following:
Stephen> 1) localhost | root | blank for password | Y Y Y Y Y etc.
Stephen> 2) % | blank | blank | Y Y Y Y etc
Stephen> 3) localhost | blank | blank | Y Y Y Y etc
Stephen> 4) localhost | xyz | encrypted password | Y Y Y Y etc <-this is the user
> I
Stephen> input for my database
Stephen> When I type in: mysqladmin -u root -p create dbname, then enter the
Stephen> password
Stephen> I get the following error:
Stephen> connect to server at 'localhost' failed error:
Stephen> 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES)'
Stephen> I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here.
Stephen> Thanks,
Hi!
You are in the above case using the following entry:
localhost | root | blank for password | Y Y Y Y Y etc.
Which doesn't have a password...
Regards,
Monty
