nike_guy_man — Fri, 19 Apr 2002 00:33:38 +0000

I tried changing the root password, but it says that anonymous users cannot change passwords

I can login using mysql from the command line, but I can't get in through PHP

mairving — Thu, 18 Apr 2002 02:44:53 +0000

Or if you are logged in as root on your Linux box, simply type in:
mysql
This assumes root user, localhost and it will prompt for a password if root has one.

Mark Hensler — Thu, 18 Apr 2002 02:22:56 +0000

I don't see how that could have effected the root user. Anyway...

I think you'll neet root access to the server, and I believe the command you want is this:
mysqladmin -u root password

You can find more into in the man pages.