On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 08:29:46PM +0100, Colin Adams wrote: > I can access mysql if i start it with the --skip-grant-tables option, > and then i can set the root user's password, but I still can't login > when i restart it. Did you even bother to follow the instructions from installation method? Consider running "pkg_info -D mysql-server" again... Joerg