Database Startup
George Lemos
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Thu Mar 25 16:48:42 UTC 2004
> There are probably more elegant solutions, but I lost the
> root passwords when I was first learning MySQL. Since I had
> no real data there, renamed the mysql directory holding the
> tables to mysql.old and restarted mysql. I then started over
> with a fresh DB.
>
> Backup is a good thing! I have a cron job that runs every
> night and backs up all my dbs:
>
> 0 0 * * * export test2;declare test2=`date|cut -c
> 1-3`;mysqldump --all-databases -prootpasswordhere |gzip >
> /root/sql-backup/all_databases_$test2.sql.gz
>
> The files contain everything needed to recreate the databases.
>
> --
> Steve
Elegant or not, good tip -- worked for me, thanks!
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