Oh and there's mysqld_safe [...] > $ mysql -u david -p > <type your password> > > See how it goes. If you haven't set the user, then re-configure mysql > to use one (iirc, by default, it has a root user. if it doesn't then > just do as 'dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server' as root). If it still > doesn't like it, try edting my.cnf (resides somewhere in /etc > directory) directly - http://www.modwest.com/help/kb6-242.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysqld-safe.html http://24x7servermanagement.com/blog/?p=44 (also, make sure to do a backup of your db, resides somewhere in /var/backup methinks, you can run 'find /var -name mysql' to look for it) -- Regards, Ishwor Gurung -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
