I 've got a similar problem at installing:
Setting up pluto-database-settings (2.0.0.44.09112922522) ...
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)
I tried to unset the password:
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[root@mce-core]E_install/new-installer>mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
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Your MySQL connection id is 113
Server version: 5.0.67-0ubuntu6.1 (Ubuntu)
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
mysql> use mysql;
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A
Database changed
mysql> update user set password = '' where user = 'root' and host = 'localhost';
uery OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Rows matched: 1 Changed: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql> select Host, User, Password from user ;
+------------------+------------------+-------------------------------------------+
| Host | User | Password |
+------------------+------------------+-------------------------------------------+
| localhost | root | |
| mce-core | root | |
| 127.0.0.1 | root | |
| localhost | | |
| mce-core | | |
| localhost | debian-sys-maint | *F610B9CF0BD777D6B52C1D5639E503D894265680 |
| localhost | zmuser | *C1D2D6FC5C596AFB19FFC4331DF6DAA287749A3E |
+------------------+------------------+-------------------------------------------+
7 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
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but I still get this password problem, any quickfix please?