Shutdown command needs --password= parameter?

[lfsbill@…]

CVS 2003-12-23 (pulled 2003-12-29, 08:40 EST), Chapter 24, mysql 4.0.16, all seems to work well until the following command from the book is issued. Command and results shown.

mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)' Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' exists! mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)' Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' exists!

This was scripted, so I started an interactive shell to investigate. From term:

# mysqladmin shutdown mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO)' #

The following command worked:

# mysqladmin --password=mysql shutdown

I was running as root and had set my password to 'mysql' (not what it really is now). I presume that during testing of the commands for the book, the password was not set, thus allowing the shutdown to succeed?

[bdubbs@…]

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