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Posted by wayne on 09/02/06 01:21
Bob wrote:
> I'm just starting PHP and MySQL - and really like the book by Welling
> and Thomsom.
>
> I've installed MySQL on my WinXP desktop, along with Apache and PHP. I
> have not figured out how to set a password for the root account. I've
> been able to set up a user account for myself, with a password, but not
> the root account. I understand this is not ideal.
>
> I've tried setting the password in My.ini but it doesn't seem to work.
> I must be doing something wrong. Can anyone suggest what I should be
> doing. TIA
>
Go to this site:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/resetting-permissions.html
Details on setting a password if one was never set and changing it if
you set one and have forgotten what it is.
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Wayne
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