Ian, Wednesday, April 24, 2002, 5:04:15 AM, you wrote: IP> Using the commands you have offered...
Egor>> Your 'root' user doesn't have GRANT privilege ... Egor>> Egor>> You should change Grant_priv to 'Y' Egor>> You can do this using UPDATE statement: Egor>> UPDATE user SET Grant_priv='Y' WHERE user='root'; IP> I get this response...... IP> ERROR 1017: Can't find file: 'user.frm' (errno: 2) The user, that MySQL is running as, doesn't have permissions on the MySQL data dir ... IP> ----------------------------------------------- IP> Endeavouring to run mysqld as per....... Egor>> or you run mysqld with "--skip-grant-tables" option and set Grant_priv Egor>> using GRANT statement: Egor>> GRANT ALL ON *.* to 'root'@'localhost' identified by Egor>> 'password_obscured' WITH GRANT OPTION; IP> myslqd tells me it's it is ready for input..... IP> But I'm not sure what to input? 1. Connect to the MySQL server. 2. Execute FLUSH PRIVILEGES. 3. GRANT ALL ON *.* to 'root'@'localhost' identified by 'password_obscured' WITH GRANT OPTION; 4. Disconnect from the MySQL server. 5. Shut down MySQL server and start it again in the normal mode (without the "--skip-grant-tables" option). IP> Ian -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/ This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
