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Sys Admin-Lost Root...

Lost Root MySql Password

Friday, December 31, 2004 by digitalpeer

Just follow these simple steps to reset the password. The trick here is you start the server and tell it not to use the grant tables. This allows you to reset the root password.


Comment Thursday, July 28, 2005 by  anonymous
worked beautifully - cheers!
Comment Monday, June 25, 2007 by  M Srinivasa Rao
excellent
Comment Tuesday, August 7, 2007 by  by palash
i read this instruction,i am implemented your steps.it is really helpful for me.
thanks and regards
palash
Comment Friday, November 28, 2008 by  anonymous
10x ! very usefull
Comment Monday, December 1, 2008 by  anonymous
My MySQL server crashed. Apparently, some data were corrupted by the crash and I didn't have root access to mysql anymore.
Thanks to this tip, I got access back.
Comment Sunday, February 15, 2009 by  by Chris Adams
Thank you so much - this is exactly what I needed.
Comment Wednesday, April 8, 2009 by  anonymous
Thank you thank you thank you. This sure beats uninstalling and reinstalling mysql.
Comment Sunday, May 17, 2009 by  umesh
my mysql setup has no "mysqld_safe" command, in that case what we do?
Comment Friday, November 13, 2009 by  anonymous
mysql is one fag program and all thanks to that password shit
Comment Monday, February 1, 2010 by  by mike
+1 "my mysql setup has no "mysqld_safe" command, in that case what we do?"
Comment Tuesday, February 2, 2010 by  anonymous
thanks friend, you saved my ass :)

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