mysql goodness...
I always seem to have the devil's own time getting mysql up and running. Starting with a fresh install, I tried to set a password for the root user and was rebuffed, as if somehow one had already been set.
After several attempts, I finally stumbled across one method of 'resetting' the password that worked.
1. Stop mysqld and restart it with the following command line parameters (for this, I didn't feel compelled to invoke the daemon using mysqld_safe):
mysqld --skip-grant-tables --user=root &
2. Invoke mysql -u root from the command line.
3. Invoke the following at the mysql> prompt:
UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('xxx') WHERE User='root';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
quit
Me, I reboot afterward.
Cheers...
P.S. Apparently, during installation, mysql-server asks for a root password that I obviously didn't pay attention to when I unthinkingly entered it. Yeow!
After several attempts, I finally stumbled across one method of 'resetting' the password that worked.
1. Stop mysqld and restart it with the following command line parameters (for this, I didn't feel compelled to invoke the daemon using mysqld_safe):
mysqld --skip-grant-tables --user=root &
2. Invoke mysql -u root from the command line.
3. Invoke the following at the mysql> prompt:
UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('xxx') WHERE User='root';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
quit
Me, I reboot afterward.
Cheers...
P.S. Apparently, during installation, mysql-server asks for a root password that I obviously didn't pay attention to when I unthinkingly entered it. Yeow!