RE: [cobalt-users] Cobalt MySql Problem

["Frank Surget" <fsurget@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve
can you tell me how to shutdown MySQL? I tried kill mysql with no luck.
Thanks
Frank


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From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steve Werby
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 8:47 PM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Cobalt MySql Problem


"Frank Surget" <fsurget@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> have a problem with MySql on my Raq 4. I'm unable to change the password
or
> login to the program. I've tried to reset the password with:
>  mysqladmin -u root -p cobalt-mysql password NewPassword
> but no success. Error message is:
>  mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
>  error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES)'
> Anyone have any suggestions?

You can start MySQL with the flag -Sg to bypass the MySQL privilege
system.  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").

http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/1999-November/000155.html

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Steve Werby
President, Befriend Internet Services LLC
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