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Re: [cobalt-users] [raq3] mysql install



"Glen Scott" <glen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It seems possible that your tables have been saved from the v3.23.30
> release.  If so, you will have to use the root password that you used
> with *that* release.
>
> If you can't find it, then you will have to delete the MySQL tables,
> and re-install v3.23.37

That is an option, but not the only option.  You can start MySQL with the
flag -Sg to bypass the MySQL privilege system.  And that's really a more
flexibe solution since there are cases where you may forget the root user
password, but want to keep your existing databases.  Here's a message I
posted with instructions.  It's from 1999, but still works.  The only caveat
is that I had an error in step 7.  "mypassword" should be
PASSWORD("mypassword").

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