FC4 - Voodoo

[C.Beamer]

Hi Guys,

Colour me "so stupid".  You can ignore my message (see below).  It
*was* my syntax.  Guess I shouldn't do stuff like this when I'm tired
- it should have been 'colleen'@'localhost' *not* 'colleen at localhost'.

Sorry!  :-)

Regards,

Colleen

C.Beamer wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> The subject line does not refer to a graphics card. It refers to
> the fact that I think Fedora Core was stricken with some sort of
> voodoo because I can't do anything in FC4 that was easy as pie in
> FC3.
>
> This probably isn't the right place to post this, but I've
> discovered that Fedora, as much as I love it, is "quirky", so I'm
> going to ask for help. If it is not a Fedora issue, then kindly
> directy me to the place where I can get help.
>
> My problem has to do with mysql.
>
> I've been using this since FC2 and have always added users using
> the "GRANT" command.
>
> For instance, I used to be able to type (as root) GRANT ALL ON *.*
> TO 'colleen at localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION;
>
> (Of course, I'm not going to put a "real" password in there!)
>
> Now, I get a message saying that the syntax is wrong. I would
> wonder except that I got this from the MySQL website where the user
> manual is posted. I also have an O'Reilly Book that I use.
>
> What is going on here? Can anyone help?
>
> Regards,
>
> Colleen
>
>