setting password for root

[Bob]

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

[Jerry Stuckle]

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

Well, for one thing you're asking a MySQL question in a PHP newsgroup.

Try comp.databases.mysql.

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[wayne]

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/...rmissions.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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[Alvaro G. Vicario]

*** Bob escribió/wrote (1 Sep 2006 16:49:19 -0700):

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

That's explained in the "Securing the Initial MySQL Accounts" chapter:
For Windows, do this:

shellmysql -u root
mysqlSET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('newpwd');
mysqlSET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'%' = PASSWORD('newpwd');

Read the whole chapter, though, there're other concerns.

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[Bob]

Thanks for all your help. It's working fine now.

I'll try to keep the MySQL questions for another group.