Re: [webmin-l] mysql module

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 10:31, Craig White wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 10:18 +1100, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> > Ok .. how about if you run :
> > 
> > mysqladmin -u root -password=ROOT_MYSQL_PASSWORD status
> ----
> yeah - that's a problem
> 
> # mysqladmin -u root -password=MY_ROOT_PASSWORD status
> mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)'

Ah, now we are getting somewhere .. Webmin uses that -password option in
MySQL 4.1 and above, but perhaps it is not valid for the mysqladmin
command.

What happens if you run just :

mysql -u root -password=MY_ROOT_PASSWORD mysql

Does that login OK?

 - Jamie