mysqld help

Hi Craig:

I believe the syntax is somthing like:

$ mysqladmin -h hostname.domainname.com -u root -p
< prompted for pass>
< mysqladmin execution>
$

HTH,
Gontran

On Sunday 31 December 2000 12:36, you wrote:
> I'm trying to set up mysqld and when I run...
>
> mysqladmin -u hostname.domainname.com password 'password'
> (yes, I have substituted the proper names and password)
>
> I am denied access:
> connect to server at ... failed:
> error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@...' (Using password: 'YES')
>
> I am quite certain that this is a necessary step and I can't figure this
> one out - any help?
>
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