Need help with quick tutorial please

IBbanging

Hey,

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/525/7

Thats the link to the tutorial... im new to PHP/mySQL and doing these tutorials to set it all up then get started...

Problem is on this line is says:

"To set a root password for MySQL, type the following command in the bin directory of your MySQL installation (include the quotes):

mysqladmin -u root password "your new password"

To make sure MySQL has registered this change, you should tell it to reload its list of authorized users and passwords:

mysqladmin -u root reload"

I know where the bin directory is, but It doesn't make sence to me, how can I type a command to a directory, to a folder...
I gotta be missing something, I opened mySQL and couldn't find anything in there either.
I don't have anything online, just on my computer... Is that assuming I have stuff online, if so still how do I give a folder a command....

Here is what i'm using incase ya need to know.
Up to date of mySQL and PHP
Up to date of Apache
my OS is windows XP

Hope someone can help me, these tutorials are all I have to go by untill a book I ordered arrives, "Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL"
by Kevin Yank

Anyways... hopefully one of you can help me, thanks in advance.
Ian

planetsim

To do this. Open MS-DOS.
make sure you are in the Drive that holds MySQL

and Type
cd c:\mysql\bin hit enter //Assuming its in the C Drive
You are now in the MySQL Bin Directory

Then type
mysqladmin -u root password "myNewPass1488"

And that should work. Then do your

mysqladmin -u root reload"

Hope that clarifies things up for you.

IBbanging

Hey,

Thanks a lot, I thought it was dos... but I figured we were in a age that we don't need dos anymore.. why wouldn't they have it for that... thats messed up... thanks anyways.
Ian

IBbanging

hey,

I got XP.. and someone told me it doesn't have dos... I searched and found 3 files.. any idea which to use?

Ian

Natty_Dreadlock

in xp, there's no dos, however, there'S a command line similar to dos... look for some prog called DOS prompt or so