disaster recovery after rootkit -> MySQL and user accounts

[Troy Settle]

If the old MySQL server is still running, who cares what version it is?
Just do a dump and import.  Sure, it'll take a bit longer, but it's
version independent and your data is in a safe format for the
transition.

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  Troy Settle
  Pulaski Networks
  http://www.psknet.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-isp at freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Lewis Watson
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 8:28 PM
> To: freebsd-isp at FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: disaster recovery after rootkit -> MySQL and 
> user accounts
> 
> 
> 
> > >Hi Dave,
> > >I moved from RH Linux to FreeBSD and it seems that I just shut down
> MySQL
> > >tar'd the MySQL database directory and untarred on the new FreeBSD
> server.
> > >Had no problem with the user table or anything of the 
> sort.  While this
> > >doesn't cover everything it perhaps will help on the MySQL 
> aspect of
> > >things.
> >
> > I believe this will work if the versions of MySQL are the same or
> perhaps
> > close, but may not work with different versions of MySQL the further
> > the versions are apart the less likely it is to work. MySQL 
> of course
> > recommends a MySQLdump followed by a restore but that is probably
> > not feasible in this case.
> >
> > Lyle Evans
> > lyle at rackears.com
> > http://www.rackears.com
> 
> 
> I really wished I would have mentioned this :-). I think 
> there might have
> been a few releases between the two but not many... I stayed on the
> 3.xx.xx track during this move. Since then I upgraded to 4.xx and have
> been very happy but I would keep the versions as close as possible for
> this move...
> Good point!!
> Lewis
> 
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