On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 06:21, Cory wrote:
> I have a small problem where a power outage has corrupted the user database
> for mysql, now no users can authenticate/manipulate any databases hosted by
> the MySQL Engine... This is rather annoying since I am no longer able to
> administer the databases, and I appear to be unable to modify, or create
> users all together.
> The engine is running, and the availability of data is still there, but in a
> read only manner. I can pull data out, but unless I can authenticate, I cant
> enter any in! How can I fix this? Almost all of the admin tools I have found
> will not work without logging in. 
> If there is no other solution, is it possible to import the existing
> database I have (used for inventory purposes) into a fresh mysql install? I
> cant export anything, and the database files are basically flat files at
> this point... A good web resource would also be appreciated!
> any help would be appreciated.
> 

Are you able to access the MySQL adminsitration applet through Webmin?
Have you tried running /usr/bin/mysql_fix_privilege_tables ?

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