changing mySQL password?

Greetings All, I am trying to get my new XServe ready to go in service. Not wanting to send it out into the world with no password for MySQL I want to change it but am running into a problem changing the password. I am trying to use this command: [CODE]mysql -u root -p 'supersecretpassword'[/CODE] It then asks me for the current password which is blank, I hit return, when I do I get the following error [CODE]ERROR 1049: Unknown database 'supersecretpassword'[/CODE] Any ideas on what I am doing wrong? Thanks, Harry