Why Freeradius and Mysql dont work?

[A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk]

Hi,

> But i couldn't use " mysql -u root -p rootpass" to enter the command line
> enviroment any longer. The output is :ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for
> user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES). Seems strange,isnt? Anyway, I
> might better re-install Mysql.

not strange at all - does that default config file have a root exclude or
a default password entry? have you installed or created the privileges table 
(check the mysql table for user/password/host entries)

alan