./bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed and 5.1.14 optimized build with icc on Itanium2

[Mariella Di Giacomo]

Dear All,

I have compiled MySQL 5.1.19-beta source code on ia64 Itanium-2 using icc.
I managed to compile both the optimized version and the MySQL debug version (--with-debug).
Unfortunatly after running mysql_install_db --user=.... and starting mysqld_safe
on the optimized version, I have tried to set a password for the root user but I have not being able to connect.

./bin/mysqladmin -u root password '***********'
./bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)'

I have done the same procedure on the mysql debug version running and I was able to setup the password without any problems (as usual).

Is there a bug in the MySQL 5.1.14 version when not compiled with --with-debug or am I missing something ?

Could you please help ?

Thanks in advance for your help,

Mariella