Re: Security settings won't take during installation
"Daniel da Veiga" <[email protected]>
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On 8/24/06, Adrian Greeman <[email protected]> wrote: > I am sure this is a very basic thing > > I ran the setup programme for MySQL 5 (I have done this previously on > another computer with no problems). When I tried to go through the > configuration wizard all went well and the server service started up but at > the end I got the following: > > "The security settings could not be applied to the database because the > connection has failed with the following error > 1045 access denied for user root@localhost > etc " The wizard tries to connect to "localhost", using user "root" with no password, any change to this settings before you run the installer cause that error. As you said, simple... Check the MySQL Manual for "Recovering root password" and try it. Also try learningg the basics of MySQL without trusting the wizards. Good luck. -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- V- PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- MySQL Windows Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/win32 To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[email protected]