stop mysql service, restore the backup from the mysql.user table (or: copy
from a other mysql with known users, or: copy from the installation files),
restart mysql.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Dushok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 1:09 PM
Subject: Deleted user
> I've made a stupid error. While logged in as root I was deleting
> records from the user table. Someone was talking to me while I was
> entering a command and I didn't realize what I entered until it was too
> late. I entered:
> delete from user where user='root';
>
> I immediately used an insert statement to re-insert the root entry, but
> it's not working. I can still log in as root but appear to have lost
> access to the mysql database.
>
> Is there any way to recover?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
>
>
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