On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 12:16:01PM +0200, Egor Egorov wrote: > System, > > Friday, February 15, 2002, 5:38:51 AM, you wrote: > > >> jr> i made the mistake of changing my root password manually in the mysql > >> jr> database. after doing so, i 'flushed privileges'. > >> > >> jr> now i'm unable to log on using the root. i've tried to log on using the new > >> jr> password a number of times, but i'm always denied access. strangely enough, > >> jr> other users (that have passwords) can log on successfully without providing > >> jr> a password. does anybody have any recommendations for logging on as the root > >> jr> user ... and fixing this privileges problem? > >> > >> Look at: http://www.mysql.com/doc/R/e/Resetting_permissions.html > >> It will help you. > > SAakaTRotP> What if you run into: > SAakaTRotP> Script started on Thu Feb 14 20:35:44 2002 > SAakaTRotP> doctor.nl2k.ab.ca//var$ mysqladmin -h localhost -u root password >'Nathan84' > SAakaTRotP> mysqladmin: unable to change password; error: 'You must have privileges >to update tables in the mysql database to be able to change passwords for others' > SAakaTRotP> doctor.nl2k.ab.ca//var$ exuit it > SAakaTRotP> exit > > Did you run mysql at first time? > The recomended way to change password and privileges is to use GRANT > statement. > > SAakaTRotP> Script done on Thu Feb 14 20:35:56 2002 >
Further I try: Script started on Fri Feb 15 08:48:41 2002 doctor.nl2k.ab.ca//var$ exitmysql -u root mysql Reading table information for completion of table and column names You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Didn't find any fields in table 'columns_priv' Didn't find any fields in table 'db' Didn't find any fields in table 'func' Didn't find any fields in table 'host' Didn't find any fields in table 'tables_priv' Didn't find any fields in table 'user' Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 18 to server version: 3.23.48-log Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. mysql> exit Bye doctor.nl2k.ab.ca//var$ quit sh: quit: command not found doctor.nl2k.ab.ca//var$ exit exit Script done on Fri Feb 15 08:48:49 2002 -- contact: Dave Yadallee NetKnow The Internet Knowledge Company [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nl2k.ab.ca 990-3244 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
