3.1 Connecting to and Disconnecting from the Server

To connect to the server, you'll usually need to provide a MySQL user name when you invoke mysql and, most likely, a password. If the server runs on a machine other than the one where you log in, you'll also need to specify a hostname. Contact your administrator to find out what connection parameters you should use to connect (that is, what host, user name, and password to use). Once you know the proper parameters, you should be able to connect like this:

shell> mysql -h host -u user -p
Enter password: ********

The ******** represents your password; enter it when mysql displays the Enter password: prompt.

If that works, you should see some introductory information followed by a mysql> prompt:

shell> mysql -h host -u user -p
Enter password: ********
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 459 to server version: 3.22.20a-log

Type 'help' for help.

mysql>

The prompt tells you that mysql is ready for you to enter commands.

Some MySQL installations allow users to connect as the anonymous (unnamed) user to the server running on the local host. If this is the case on your machine, you should be able to connect to that server by invoking mysql without any options:

shell> mysql

After you have connected successfully, you can disconnect any time by typing QUIT (or \q) at the mysql> prompt:

mysql> QUIT
Bye

On Unix, you can also disconnect by pressing Control-D.

Most examples in the following sections assume you are connected to the server. They indicate this by the mysql> prompt.

User Comments

What is the user name and password for MySQL ADMINISTROATOR?

I was having problems with this and kept geting that mysql was not recognized as a command but finally figured that if I go to the directory where mysql is installed and type bin\ before the command that it works to get the password prompt:

bin\mysql -h localhost -u root -p

Hope this helps,
Catharina

ps: running on w2k/iis5

Just put the MySQL bin dir into the path and it should be accessible.

Dear Rizwan try username: root password blank

Rizwan, by this time u might have got what u want!
some more to add,
Check where the executable/shell/perl script files are stored and give the respective path.eg.(definitely@)
>/usr/bin/mysql -h host-name -u root -p

Happy administration!

Thanks everyone for their suggestion
I figured out that when MySQL is newly installed on a system and no User is created then in that case, we can use the Default Administrator account to logon to the MySQL. We can logon to MySQL by entering the following command at the Command Prompt:

>mysql -u root -p

in the above line "root" is the username for the deafult Admin account. When it ask for the Password. Simply press ENTER (Blank Password).

After that you will be able to see the MySQL Prompt, which looks like:

mysql>

After you get this prompt you can create new user. Keep in mind we can create regular users as well as Users with FULL (Admin) rights.

Hope it helps!!!

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