Alex, Thursday, March 07, 2002, 7:18:13 PM, you wrote: AL> I have just installed MySQL recently. I already set the root password and AL> some databases testing and everything worked fine. However, I accidentally AL> changed the root to anonymous yesterday. After that, I couldn't add new AL> users and do some administration tasks even change password myself.
AL> In the website: http://www.bitbybit.dk/mysqlfaq/faq.html , I found FAQ to AL> try to solve my problem. AL> I quote the instruction as follows:- AL> ------------ AL> reset the root password? AL> The following procedure will help you reset the root password. Note that AL> while you are doing this, the server is totally open and gives everybody AL> full access to all databases. AL> Stop the server AL> Restart the server with the command-line option -Sg or --skip-grant-tables AL> You can now log in to the server without a password. So can anyone else! AL> Reset the root password with the command AL> mysql -> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO "root"@"localhost" AL> -> IDENTIFIED BY "the_new_password" AL> Exit the client AL> Immediately thereafter, shut down and restart the server as usual. AL> ---------------------------- AL> However, I tried many times. I found only if I restart the server AL> with --skip-grant-tables option, the server will promt out "ERROR 1047: AL> Unknown Command" when I type "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO AL> "root"@"localhost" IDENTIFIED BY "the_new_password"; If you start mysqld with --skip-grant-tables option you should execute "FLUSH PRIVILEGES" command _before_ using GRANT statement. It is covered in the manual, look at: http://www.mysql.com/doc/R/e/Resetting_permissions.html -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/ This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
