yes, initial problem has been fixed.

i ended up uninstalling it, and then deleteing the folder with the database files i created... ended up being... or atleast apearing to be a completely fresh install

jsn

From: Rob Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [TriLUG] two root users (was: Re: hello and mysql help please)
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:52:27 -0400

A brief note - the reason MySQL installs two 'root' users is because of unreliability (or inconsistency) with how the host reports its hostname. You should have two root users: one with hostname = 'localhost' and the other with hostname = 'some_hostname' (whatever your hostname really is). MySQL differentiates the two; sometimes your client (whatever it may be) may try to log in as [EMAIL PROTECTED] and other times it may be [EMAIL PROTECTED] Furthermore, whenever you change root's password, make sure you change both entries in the mysql.user table.

Did you solve your initial problem? Look up starting MySQL w/ skip-grant-tables to replace a forgotten root password.

Cheers!
Rob

Randall Barlow wrote:

Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 16:12:07 -0400
From: Randall Barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] hello and mysql help please
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jason watts wrote:

> in instructions say i should have four, root, snort, root, base... i > didnt think you could have 2 root users... didnt think you would be > able to have two user's in general with the same name...

With MySQL you can have two users of the same name from different hosts, although I wouldn't recommend allowing root access from a remote host. For example, it's possible to have [EMAIL PROTECTED] as well as [EMAIL PROTECTED]

R

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