Real life samples of support requests

1) How do I set no password for root?
....
It worked!!. Thanks. Now how do I protect it so that not anyone who
points to it cannot get to it without putting in a username/password ?

2) ...The problem is laptops do get stolen quite often, even when running on someone's unattended desk....

Comment: Isn't that cute ;-) .. even when running on a unattended desk ... now thats safe ;-)

3) Hi,
I am getting the following error:
mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO)'
if some one knows the answer . Pl. let me know.
Thanks,
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xxxxxxxx@oracle.com

Comment: I really didnt expect such a question from an Oracle employee - never mind.

...Windows 98 is a better and much more stable OS...