Re: BillMax questions -- Password Problem

[Chris Snyder <casnyder@pennswoods.net>]

Quoting dhesi@billmax.com.boxmail.com:

> On Fri, 17 Mar 2006, Kent Andersen wrote:

> On most MySQL installations, while logged in as root, you should
> be able to use one of these commands to access MySQL as root:
> 
>    # mysql -u root -p
>    # mysql -h localhost -u root -p
>    # mysql -h localhost -u root -p mysql
: 
> When prompted for a password, just hit the RETURN key.  Since you are
> (by default or by using '-h localhost') accessing MySQL via a UNIX
> domain socket, it is able to verify your identity without needing a
> password.

A quick test of my system (FreeBSD + Mysql 4.1) shows that the above is not
true.  Are you certain that you've not simply forgotten to set a root password
for mysql?  
  
> P.S.  I see this mailing list is close to dead.  What can we do
> to revive it?

The list is plenty active enough to suit me.  Inactivity merely means that the
accounting software is running as expected.  ;)

Chris
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