Well, I found the problems.. The documentation for MySQL that came with
the radius server had a typo, and since I know nothing about mysql, I
didn't notice it right away.
Kenny
root wrote:
>
> Well, this would help if I had forgotten the password, but I didn't. I
> know what the password is, it just won't let me DO anything.... I can
> log in if I do `mysql -u root:mysql`, mysql being the password.
> Kenny
> Paul Lussier wrote:
> >
> > Well, since I don't feel like typing a whole lot, I'll just let Niall speak :)
> >
> > ------- Forwarded Message
> > From: Niall Kavanagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: RE: MySQL question
> > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 14:19:50 -0500
> >
> > No need to reinstall!! ;)
> >
> > >From the MySQL docs:
> >
> > If you have forgotten the root user password for MySQL, you can restore it
> > with the following procedure.
> >
> > Take down the mysqld server by sending a kill (not kill -9) to the mysqld
> > server. The pid is stored in a .pid file which is normally in the MySQL
> > database directory:
> > kill `cat /mysql-data-directory/hostname.pid`
> >
> > You must be either the UNIX root user or the same user the server runs as to
> > do this.
> > Restart mysqld with the --skip-grant-tables option.
> > Connect to the mysqld server with mysql -h hostname mysql and change the
> > password with a GRANT command. See section 7.26 GRANT and REVOKE syntax. You
> > can also do this with mysqladmin -h hostname -u user password 'new password'
> >
> > Load the privilege tables with: mysqladmin -h hostname flush-privileges or
> > with the SQL command FLUSH PRIVILEGES.
> >
> > - --
> > Niall Kavanagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > News, resources, and articles for web professionals and developers:
> > http://www.kst.com
> >
> > ------- End of Forwarded Message
> >
> > --
> > Seeya,
> > Paul
> > ----
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