[thelist] mySQL setup issues

[Beau Hartshorne]

Hi,

I'm having trouble setting up mySQL. I'm kind of stuck. Here's what I've
done so far:

1. Redhat 8.0 newly installed.
2. Ran: ./mysql_install_db
3. Ran: safe_mysqld &
4. Ran: mysqladmin -u root password <password>

mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed

error: 'Access denied for user: 'root at localhost' (Using password: NO)'

5. Ran: mysqladmin -u root -h <host> password <password>

mysqladmin: connect to server at '<host>' failed

error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@<host> (Using password: NO)'

Can someone please tell me what I did wrong, or how to finish the setup
so I can access the server?

Thank you!

Beau