How to add a user in MySQL 4.0

[TechTJ]

Hello everyone i have been looking on ebay and i went to mysql home page to trying follow their directions but for some reason I cant create a new user. I do not know how to get started, i choose the mysql file in the temp folder and that opens a CMD like window that has

mysql>

Then i try all of their commands and nothing works. it dose not say anything it just goes down and shows
->

Thanks.

Tim.

[ShawnCplus]

Going directly to the documentation usually helps:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/user-account-management.html

[TechTJ]

Thanks for the reply. I do exactly what they say and it dose not respond. I open the mysql.exe in the .bin folder and i try to follow their commands and i get nowhere.

thanks
Tim