[mythtv-users] Minimizing a Distribution

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The package installer is failing to authenticate properly to the mysqld 
server on localhost. I'm getting this message (using "dpkg-reconfigure 
--force mythtv" after an initial, similar failure on the apt-get post-install):

DBI connect('host=localhost;database=','mysql',...) failed: Access denied 
for user: 'mysql at localhost' (Using password: YES) at -e line 5

And mysqld is logging the failures with messages like:

030226 12:50:48       5 Connect     Access denied for user: 
'mysql at localhost' (Using password: YES)

The message and log entry are identical (except for username) if I try 
using root rather than mysql as the administrator name. If I use the mysql 
client, I can connect to mysqld as root or as an ordinary user.

I fear I am missing something obvious, but not being an experienced mysql 
user (I installed it for the first time today, just to run MythTV), it 
isn't obvious to me. The installer does ask me to identify the mysql 
administrator account ... if it is not root (the default in the script) or 
mysql (the user ID under which mysqld runs), then wnat is it?