Question

I am new to both linux and also mysql but somehow by obtaining help from net I have installed mysql v5.5 on redhat. It starts fine, I have confirmed this by running command:
“/etc/init.d/mysqld status”

But I am not able to change password using command:
mysqladmin -u root password ‘new-password’
It gives error : bash: mysqladmin: command not found.
I tried searching mysqladmin by using command “find / -name mysqladmin” but it returned no result

All I can search on net is adding to path ‘/bin:/usr/local/mysql/bin’ but directory structure after installation mysql v5.5 has changed. There is no such directory like /usr/bin/local/mysql now.

please help me with how to run mysql after changing root’s password.

Answer 1

first of all see what MySQL packages are installed

rpm -qa | grep -i mysql

Second, try using locate in order to find the tool path

BTW,
According to pbone mysqladmin is provided by mysql-client (rather than mysql) as it was on older cackeages