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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm trying to install MySQL 3.23.55 on SUSE
8.0<BR>I installed the RPMs with no problem however when I run the
mysql_install_db it reminds me to set the password for root as:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>mysqladmin -u root password
'newpassword'<BR>mysqladmin -u root -h Linux1 password
'newpassword'</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The first statement worked fine, however, when I
run the second statement it returns the following (I ran both statements as
root):</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Linux1:/usr/bin # mysqladmin -u root -h Linux1
password mypassword<BR>mysqladmin: connect to server at 'Linux1'
failed<BR>error: 'Host "Linux1.local' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL
server'<BR>Linux1:/usr/bin #</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong and
how to fix it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>