mysqladmin access denied issue

Hi all,

I'm currently going through the "CoovaRADIUS Personal Ed. / Drupal Hotspot" pdf, and I've made it to page 6:
the line says
Create your Drupal database:
mysqladmin create drupal

when i try to do this, I get
mysqladmin: connect to server at "localhost" failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)'

Everything before in the manual went great (and I followed every instruction carefuly).
I feel it's important to mention that I have zero experience with mysql, php, and the furthest I've been with apache is editing my main index.html file. Please be gentle.

thanks for your help in this matter!
XturnLGod

Re: mysqladmin access denied issue

You will need to know your mysql root password. Try the command "mysqladmin -u root -p ..." and then present the password when asked.