Silly Questions I am Sure (MySQL, VSFTP Authentication)...
Basically, I am getting authentication problems connecting as root. I am a newbie to MySQL on Linux, so bear with me. When I run mysqladmin from the console as root, I get a 'access denied for user: root@localhost Using Password:NO' error.
Can someone offer some advice on what I am doing wrong? The default install has a mysql user I believe, but I really don't know where to start trouble shooting this…
Also, similar problem with vsftp. I can connect as anonymous fine, but when I try to restrict it to local users, I can't authenticate. Maybe these are related?
Sorry for the questions, any help appreciated.
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–James
@pmmenneg:
Basically, I am getting authentication problems connecting as root. I am a newbie to MySQL on Linux, so bear with me. When I run mysqladmin from the console as root, I get a 'access denied for user: root@localhost Using Password:NO' error.
I'm getting the same thing. After setting up a panel and a billing system as well as several user databases (all using mysql from the install or form the panel) I NOW want to access from root and can't. The original default root access (never attempted until now) has possibly been modified by the foregoing installations? Using Red hat 9 small distro. Any ideas?
-Dave
root@host# mysql -p
it works fine
Bill Clinton
-Dave
> or is that one thing we can't do on these virtual machines?
I'm no MySQL expert, but I know that the only things you can't do on a Linode that you can do on a real computer involve the Linux kernel. You can't install your own kernel, nor can you insert or remove kernel modules.
As far as MySQL is concerned, there is zero difference between running on a Linode and running directly on a real, physical computer.