Hi, I'm having a hard time even getting Mysql to change the root password the way that debian recommends. when I type : mysql -u root mysql I get the response : ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO) Now, this happens when I am the normal user or root... same messgae. This is also off a fresh install of MySQL... So what am I doing wrong? Thanks for your time, Jack