Bob Hoffman writes: > after a few yum remove / reinstalls I got this working by doing the > following... > > (not fully set up yet, just the very first step) > > #yum install mysql mysql-server > #service mysqld start > #chkconfig --levels 235 mysqld on > > #mysql --user=root -p First time you log in you don't need "-p" as there is no password to input yet. That's your first mistake. "mysql -u root" would've worked just as good. To avoid problems, after the install is done just execute mysql-secure-installation which will guide you through setting up the root password. When you run into this kind of problems you can just remove or rename /var/lib/mysql and restart the service, it should "reset" you back to square one. Of course, make a backup first! Cheerio -- Nux! www.nux.ro