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Re: [cobalt-users] Deinstall Mysql & re-install
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Deinstall Mysql & re-install
- From: Jens Kristian Søgaard <jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat Mar 3 09:37:52 2001
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
Hi Gilles,
> I have lost access to some Mysql database after a reinstall.
> Is there a way to get back in? like deleting the mysql database (the one
> that holds privileges?)
The easiest way is to start the MySQL daemon with the --skip-grant-tables
option, which will let you login without a password. Then quickly change the
password of the root user to something you decide, and then stop and start
the MySQL daemon as normal.
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Jens Kristian Søgaard, Mermaid Consulting I/S,
jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
http://www.mermaidconsulting.com/