Error

[ccc2001]

I have installed Mysql on my server at work and I am trying to create a database...
at the mysql prompt I type:
mysql>create database jokes;
and get the message:
Error 1044: Access Denied for user: '@localhost' to database 'jokes'

Please let me know how to fix this.
Thank you!

[silent]

it's a permissions problem. You are logged in as a user that does not have rights to do that operation. See manual: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Adding_users.html

[ccc2001]

I went to the prompt and typed in
mysql> --user=root mysql;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'monty'@'localhost'
-> IDENTIFIED BY 'some_pass' WITH GRANT OPTION;
received error 1045: Access denied for user: '@localhost' Using password:NO)
Any solutions?

[silent]

I went to the prompt and typed in
mysql> --user=root mysql;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'monty'@'localhost'
-> IDENTIFIED BY 'some_pass' WITH GRANT OPTION;
received error 1045: Access denied for user: '@localhost' Using password:NO)
Any solutions?

You're not logged in to the MySQL server as a user that has permissions to execute a GRANT statement.