problems running mysql_install_db5

[David Gentry]

>> Bradley,
>> 
>> I ran the commands you gave me on Mar. 18, and they all ran fine except the very last one:
>> 
>> $ mysqladmin5 -p -u root password 'xxxxxxxxx'
>> Enter password: 
>> mysqladmin5: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
>> error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)'
> 
> Leave off the -p.
> 
> $ mysqladmin5 -u root password 'xxxxxxxxx'
> 
> So you have MacPorts mysql5-server running now, right?
> $ ps ax | grep mysql5

$ mysqladmin5 -u root password 'xxxxxxxxx'
$

Leaving off the -p seems to work.

$ ps ax | grep mysql5
60877   ??  Ss     0:00.37 /opt/local/bin/daemondo --label=mysql5 --start-cmd /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql5/mysql5.wrapper start ; --stop-cmd /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql5/mysql5.wrapper stop ; --restart-cmd /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql5/mysql5.wrapper restart ; --pid=none
60887   ??  S      0:00.02 /bin/sh /opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/opt/local/var/db/mysql5 --pid-file=/opt/local/var/db/mysql5/DAVID.local.pid
60937   ??  S      0:31.48 /opt/local/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/opt/local --datadir=/opt/local/var/db/mysql5 --user=_mysql --log-error=/opt/local/var/db/mysql5/DAVID.local.err --pid-file=/opt/local/var/db/mysql5/DAVID.local.pid
71358 s000  R+     0:00.01 grep mysql5

Unless you see something wrong in the result above, the MacPorts mysql5-server is running.  Yesterday, everything ran exactly as you said it would except for setting the root password, and now the root password appears to be set.

Thank you very much.  This is a milestone for me.

David