I gave 'root' a 'password' - cant access mysql server

i saw that 'root' had no password in mysql privileges, so i gave it a password

now, i cant access the mysql server at all

i tried puting the password in the appropriate field of the config.inc.php - that didnt work

here is the error message:


i would appreciate it if you could help me

i am running a windows 2000 server -
- easyphp 1.7
- apache 1.3.27
- php 4.3.3
- phpmyadmin 2.5.3
- mysql 4.0.15

Read this page from the MySQL documentation:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Resetting_permissions.html

This helped me out many times! Good luck!
-Greg

do you not remember the password? or are you just not running the command properly.

Using Password:NO usually means your not sending the password

try connecting to mysql from the commandline
mysql.exe -h127.0.0.1 -uroot -p
(the 'p' flag will make mysql.exe ask you for a password)