This should help:

A.4.2 How to Reset a Forgotten Password
http://www.mysql.com/doc/R/e/Resetting_permissions.html

Good luck.

Doug


On Sun, 16 Dec 2001 22:43:39 -0500, David VanHorn wrote:

>
>I'm root on a small server.
>My co-sysop has managed to lock us out of mysql.
>I can't get in with -u root and the root password, or anything else I can 
>think of.
>
>Error 1045: Access denied for user" 'root@localhost'
>
>So how do I slip a key under the door, without nuking the databases?
>--
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