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PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MySQL root USER ! This is done with: /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password 'new-password' /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h mysqlserver.local -p password 'new-password' See the manual for more instructions.

But the argument '-p' to set the password is wrong. I had to delete it to set the passord.

rpm -i MySQL-3.23.49a-1.i386.rpm

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MySQL root USER ! This is done with: /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password' /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h mysqlserver.local password 'new-password' See the manual for more instructions.