Hi Michael,
I am not sure whether your UPDATE statement will affect all "root" users
password or only which one that will access from a localhost.
Best regards.
--
WB
2010/11/29 Michael Dykman <mdyk...@gmail.com>
> as root, stop your mysql server in the normal way
> ie :$ service mysqld stop
>
> run mysql explicitly to skipp credentials
>
> ie. (run it in the back ground)
>
> $ /usr/libexec/mysqld --skip-grant-tables &
>
> once the server starts, you should be able to:
> $ mysql -u root
>
> assming you get in (no reason you shouldn't if you got this far), you
> can use SQL statements to manipulate user data; you can't use GRANT or
> SET PASSWORD so
>
> use mysql;
>
> update user set Password = PASSWORD('yourpassword') where User = 'root';
>
> exit your session and kill your mysqld process. (get the pid via ps
> -aux, then kill that)
>
> restart mysql normally, and you should be good. (I had to do this
> over the weekend on a system someone else setup but failed to record
> the credentials).
>
> - michael dykman
>
> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Maurizio Ponti
> <maurizio.po...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear Sirs, I would like to post the list:
> >
> > Topic: mysql server installation, password problems
> >
> > Dear Sirs, I downloaded the last MySQL server version some weeks ago,
> > then I forgot the root password. I disinstalled everything and
> > reinstalled from new, but I'm always asked for the old password in order
> > to define a new one. It seems that an old file related to the password
> > is still there in my computer and I could not erase it by disinstalling
> > the server. Could you tell me which is the file and how could I delete
> > it? Or what should I do in order to solve the problem? Thank you very
> > much. Maurizio
> >
>
>
>
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>
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