[Gllug] [OT] MySQL experts?

[John Hearns]

On Wed, 2002-02-20 at 13:33, Paul Brazier wrote:
> > But then
> > mysqlaccess localhost superuser nis1 
> > says that superuser has no password
> > 
> > And trying to set the password manually by
> >  mysqladmin -u  superuser password blargh
> > comes back to me and says that 'you are using MySQL as an
> > anonymous user'
> > 
> > But superuser is in the mysql.user table.
> > I'm lost...
> 
> Is there an entry in the password field for superuser in the mysql.user
> table? It should be there in encrypted form.

Yes indeedy.

And when I do $ mysql -u superuser -p,
as suggesteed by Emil,
I don't get prompted for a password, but
when I use nis1 I get errors that say I'm an anonymous
user.


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