On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Brown, Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I inherited a mysql server database. Stuff are not documented. My
> question is: Are there any security work-arounds in mysql. I have access
> to the cnf file. I need to get in and dump the database. I was told that
> the cnf file allows security over rides. Please help
>
> I have tried mysql -uroot. It didn't work
Did you use the -p flag and supply the root password?
You'll need to be root to dump all of the databases. If it's on a
cPanel/WHM server, you can use WHM to reset the MySQL root password if
you don't know what it is.
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</Daniel P. Brown>
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