Re: mysql dependancy problems.

[Chris Wakefield <c_wakefield@shaw.ca>]

Hi Hamish,

Thank you for your response.

I have been trying exactly what you suggested, but mysql ignores the new 
password, so I think something else is wrong.

Chris W.

On Thursday 23 March 2006 15:21, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 07:15:45AM +0000, Nelson Menezes wrote:
> > Chris Wakefield wrote:
> > >Since I can't log in as root, how can I recreate these users?
> >
> > First, stop the server and back up your data directory. Should be
> > /var/lib/mysql.
>
> Eek. Better way: start mysqld with --skip-grant-tables, which makes it
> ignore permissions. Then you can set root's password, and restart mysqld
> normally.
>
> Hamish
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> Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>