How do I fix this error?

[Big RICHARD]

mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'ODBC'@'localhost' (using password: NO)'

Using the command:
mysqladmin version

from a command prompt gives me the above error. How do I sort it out?

[yamangman]

Are you sure the data link dosn't require a username and password?

[ikonia]

1.) put detail in the post of the subject not stuff like "help" or "error" etc etc
2.) read the warning message after you've done a "mysql_install_db" - whats mysql_install_db I hear you ask, perhaps read a few pages of the documentation before jumping in
3.) specify what the host OS and mysql version is

Now the answer

what you need to do is verfiy mysql is running, which I assume it is

my fist questiion is have you set the root users password with mysqladmin ? if the answer to that question is yes then

mysql -h $hostname -u root -p

replace hostname with either local host, or a network alias for your host

you'll then be prompter for a password, enter the root users password input that

then.....now that your in sql prompt

update user
set host ='%' where user !='root'
;
commit
;

flush privileges
;



this will allow any user other than root to connect from any host


or you can - as you suggested use mysqladmin -p password 'newpassword' replace 'newpassword' with password