I installed centos 6 as a webserver. It installed mysql. However, I guess I need mysql-server for me to use it for php and my website. I installed that. I am unable to give root a password and can go no further. I have tried mysql-secure-installation and I just get stuck at errors and no progression. I have tried mysqladmin -u root password <password> and the accompanying one that includes the hostname. ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) I am unable to use mysql with php or do anything at all with it. It was strange it installed mysql but I guess this version is different and needs more packages to work within a webserver. all attempts at using mysql without mysql-server installed just results in nothing being found (like mysqld) and the like...so I had to install the server. In 5.x I could just use mysqladmin and add roots, delete anonymous, etc. However, this time I am stuck. I uninstalled mysql-server, the perl thing that comes with it, and mysql itself, then reinstalled them, that got me no where. gotta be something I am missing here. thanks for listening.