I can't set the root password for MySQL

Question

I've just set up a LAMP server using SuSE Server 10. I want to set the root password for MySQL, so I entered the following in the terminal:

mysqladmin -u root password MyPassword

and the output is:

mysqladmin: Can't turn off logging; error: 'Access denied; you need SUPER  
privilege for this operation'

I'm not really certain what SUPER privilege is for mysqladmin, and all my Google searches have been fruitless. I am able to use mysql from the command line without entering a password like this:

mysql -u root

But I can't access the mysql database to update the root password that way. Here is the output:

mysql> USE mysql;  
mysql> ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied for user ''@'localhost' to database 'mysql'

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

I am still unsure what the solution to this problem is, but the solution I came up with was to install SuSE 11. Everything is working now. I think there was just a problem with my initial install.