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Can't set password for root /localhost Mysql in Macos X Snow Leopard

Trying to configurate localhost database password for Mysql in Macos x Snow Leopard:

mysqladmin -u root password 'password'

And I got this error:

-bash: mysqladmin: command not found

Solution

  • If you used the OS X mysql installer from mysql.com, you'll need to add the mysql bin to your path. You can do this in your .bash_profile, for instance. 

    PATH="/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH"

    Then you should be able to type which mysqladmin and see /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin as the result.