Thanks, I just wanted to check if it's possible before I searched but it wasn't even that hard to find.
For anyone else having this problem: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Resetting_permissions.html I also found out that if you want to wipe out all the permissions (not just [EMAIL PROTECTED]) the following seems to work: - shut down mysql - delete /var/lib/mysql/mysql directory - start mysql (all permissions are wiped out) Tomas -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of s. keeling Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 9:37 AM To: CLUG General Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Forgot password to MySQL database Incoming from Tomas Florian: > > I forgot a password to my MySQL database and I'm wondering if I should just > write it off or if there is some reasonable way of getting into it given > that I am root on the machine. I suggest you hit the mysql website and look there. Their documentation is some of the best I've ever seen. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
