Access denied for user 'root@localhost' (using password:NO)
- by murgatroid99
I am attempting to install a network management package called cacti onto Ubuntu running under Windows Virtual PC. I attempted to install MySQL as it is one of cacti's dependencies. I can install and start the MySQL server, but whenever I try to access it in any other way, such as to change the password, I get the error message Access denied for user 'root@localhost' (using password:NO). I would like to know what is causing this and how to fix it.
Edit: (just in case my comments are not visible) The answers from HD and Devin Ceartas did not work for me.