Step # 1 : Stop mysql service
# /etc/init.d/mysql stop
Step # 2: Start to MySQL server w/o password:
# mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &
Step # 3: Connect to mysql server using mysql client:
# mysql -u root
Step # 4: Setup new MySQL root user password
mysql> use mysql;
mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD("NEW-ROOT-PASSWORD") where
User='root';
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> quit
Step # 5: Stop MySQL Server:
# /etc/init.d/mysql stop
Step # 6: Start MySQL server and test it
# /etc/init.d/mysql start
# mysql -u root -p
Note: You can check structure of table 'user'
mysql> SHOW CREATE TABLE 'user';
And update other required fields also.
Enjoy ;-)
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Martijn Engler <mart...@crystal-labs.nl>wrote:
> I actually get the feeling you are not connecting as root.
> Try mysql -uroot -p test instead of just mysql test
>
> Have a nice day,
>
> - Martijn
>
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 03:02, Joe<mysql....@bluepolka.net> wrote:
> > OK, thanks, that got me in. But upon inspection, the user.host
> > values do not look fouled up as I thought they were (it appears
> > the bogus update may have aborted). But my access problem
> > remains
> >
> > If I start with --skip-grant-tables, 'show databases' shows all
> > DBs. But without that flag, I only see the 'information_schema'
> > DB.
> >
> > Any suggestions as to where I look from here?
> >
> > On Tuesday 25 August 2009 @ 18:17, Walter Heck - OlinData.com
> > wrote:
> >> Hey Joe,
> >>
> >> stop the server, start it with --skip-grant-tables, change the
> >> root entry in mysql.user to your liking, and then restart the
> >> server without --skip-grant-tables.
> >>
> >> viola!
> >>
> >> Walter
> >>
> >> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 02:12, Joe<mysql....@bluepolka.net>
> > wrote:
> >> > We have an inaccessible MySQL v5.0.45 DB (w/Innodb) we
> >> > really need some help regaining access to. While attempting
> >> > to adjust/add remote user access, we accidentally did the
> >> > following:
> >> >
> >> > use mysql;
> >> > update user set host = 'SomeBogusIP' where user = 'root';
> >> >
> >> > Now, we can't get into the DB to fix it:
> >> >
> >> > # mysql test
> >> > ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied for user ''@'localhost' to
> >> > database 'test'
> >> > # mysql mysql
> >> > ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied for user ''@'localhost' to
> >> > database 'mysql'
> >> >
> >> > We are not MySQL experts by any stretch, so any help is
> >> > appreciated.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Here are the files we evidently touched:
> >> > # ls -ltr /var/lib/mysql/mysql/
> >> > -rw-r----- 1 mysql mysql 5256 Aug 25 17:33 db.MYD
> >> > -rw-r----- 1 mysql mysql 844 Aug 25 17:35 user.MYD
> >> > -rw-r----- 1 mysql mysql 2048 Aug 25 17:50 user.MYI
> >> > -rw-r----- 1 mysql mysql 4096 Aug 25 17:50 db.MYI
> >> >
> >> > We do have a months-old copy of the 'mysql' db directory.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance.
> >> >
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