On Mon, 2014-10-06 at 15:43 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > >>>> failed with: > >>>> > >>>> mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed > >>>> error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using > password: > >>>> NO)' > >>>> Please read the above carefully: using password: NO Specifying the password requires the -p or --password option. Just specify -p on the command line and let mysqladmin ask for the password...