mysql root user

[Mark Foster]

The secret is starting mysqld with --skip-grant-tables, then resetting.
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Resetting_permissions.html

On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 04:06, Frank Tegtmeyer wrote:
> "Patrick O'Reilly" <bsd at perimeter.co.za> writes:
> 
> > I've done like the manuals say (mysqladmin -uroot password xyz), but all
> 
> Either use:
> mysqladmin -uroot --password=xyz
> 
> or
> mysqladmin -uroot -p
> 
> > I don't remember any passwords being set during the installation....
> 
> Then you would have to follow the FAQ to set a new one without knowing
> the old.
> 
> Regards, Frank
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