You showed us a link which explains how you uninstalled MySQL. Perhaps you could tell us how you installed it? IT would certainly shed some light on the subject. If you are using a pre-built package for OS/X, the issue is likely with the package. If you are installing from source, there is an initialization step you may have missed.
- michael dykman On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Martin Mueller <martinmuel...@northwestern.edu> wrote: > I have been struggling with installing MySQL 5.5.17 on a Mac running OS > 10.7. My machine had 5.5.15 on it. > > I keep getting user denied access messages (Error 1045). I thought at > first it was a matter of a password not being flushed from a previous > installation and went through repeated install and uninstall routines, using > the instructions by Rob Allen at > (http://akrabat.com/computing/uninstalling-mysql-on-mac-os-x-leopard/) > <about:blank> . > > I also followed various instructions in the MySQL documentation for > resetting lost passwords. But the results persuaded me that the problem is > something else: the installer does not create a root account or a mysql > account in the user table. Thus the update command for resetting the root > password executes correctly but update 0 rows. And logging in with the > skip-grants-table lets you address some queries to the mysql user table. > > "Select count(user) from user" returns 0, as does "select user, password > from user." So it appears that the installation routine (from the disk > image) does not populate the user table with accounts from which you could > then perform other activities. > > Does anybody have any idea what is going on here or what I could be doing > wrong? > > > > > -- - michael dykman - mdyk...@gmail.com May the Source be with you. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
