Are you running server or client?
Up until this week I've always run MySQL on OS X client, since there
really isn't much of a difference between OS X client and server as far
as MySQL is concerned. I just ran into the problem where I locked
myself out, but I couldn't start MySQL from the command
Hi,
You have to know why MySql doesn't start.
When you install mysql, the installer creates a directory
"mysql-[version name]" and a symbolic link "mysql" in /usr/local.
There is an error file named "yourservername".err in data directory
that explains why mysql failed.
Type perror errornumber to
Okay, here's a brief synopsis, with suggestions made and tried:
Cannot get MySQL to launch. A process is never started in the activity
monitor. What exactly is the name of the process I should see?
Tried uninstalling MySQL by deleting the MySQL directories in
/usr/local/. (after first making
If you want to start from scratch, kill the mysql process and delete
the mysql directories in /usr/local/
On Mar 8, 2005, at 2:47 PM, Jeff Justice wrote:
So, I installed MySQL. Accidentally locked myself out of the database
trying to make it secure. Tried to re-install MySQL, now every time I
t
You need to kill the mysql process, then you can startup MySQL from the
command line with the --skip-grant-tables option. MySQL will then load
without checking for any passwords, it will be completely open. You can
then "log" in as a guest and change the root password.
>sudo /usr/local/mysql/bi
