There are many things "short of wiping the hard drive" that you can try.
I just had this happen and was able to find the answer quickly on
www.mysql.com
IE: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Resetting_permissions.html
Just read, step back, think, then try something.
You shouldn't need to rebuild ever
Okay, so this question may not indicate I'm smart enough to administer MySQL
and I should slowly back away from the keyboard, but here goes...
When using phpMyAdmin, I attempted to duplicate the root account, which had
access to everything. I accidentally selected the wrong radio button, which
