CHiLLaXen

OK, I just installed apache, php, and mySQL in a partition on my hard drive. PHP works but I cannot get mySQL to work. I"m at the point where I must create a admin password. I go to the command line, get to the mysql\bin folder. I type "mysqladmin -uroot password blahblah" <- not the real password. It says:

mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)'
Check that mysqld is running on localhost and that the port is 3306.
You can check this by doing 'telnet localhost 3306'

I have no idea what it is talking about. I'm very new to this server stuff. I just wanted to install it so I could test out my website before putting it online.

GMeagle86

Try not using a password unless you set one up. and/or try not using a username. Those were my problems. I did not set one to begin with, so I didn't give it one and it worked. I only use mine for local testing though so it doesn't have to be really secure.

GMeagle86

um, do you have windows or linux?

CHiLLaXen

wondows XP

j79zlr

MySQL is not running, I haven't used it on Windows, but I think you need a my.ini config file in, well you need to figure out where it goes, and then start it up.

Once you get it running use this to set the password

mysql>SET PASSWORD FOR username@"%"=PASSWORD('your password');

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GMeagle86

I used this guide and it helped me:

http://internetmaster.com/installtutorial/index.htm

Geffy

yeah you gotta run mysql-nt and make the my.ini or my.cnf in C:\

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vern

The initial DB for MySQL was not setup. That needs to be setup first before you can connect to MySQL. I run MySQL on Linux, I would have to...

to setup the initial DB. Someone else might be able to help you setting up the initial database in Windows.

CHiLLaXen

Yea, I had to create a DB first, it works now. Thanks for all the help