Posted by Bob on 09/01/06 23:49

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

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