it's lower case. mysql.<br /><br />Are you using the right syntax?<br /><br />##: mysql -u username -p<br /><br />enter password: password<br /><br />Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.<br />Your MySQL connection id is 781935 to server version: 4.0.4-beta<br /><br />Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.<br /><br />> use mysql;<br />Database changed<br /><br />> update user set password=password("newpassword") where user='root';<br />Query OK, 2 rows effected (0.02 sec)<br /><br />> flush privileges;<br />Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)<br /><br />> \q<br />Bye<br /><br />##:<br />
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