FC-4 mySQL-Server Problems

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> My mySQL-server screwed up, dropped all users, and will not let me in.
>
> Whatever I do I get the following error-message "DBI connect failed :
> Access denied for user ''@'localhost' to database 'mysql'"
>
> I've tried to reinstall the server w/o success.
>
> How do I restore the functionality?
>
> With best regards
>
> Tomas Larsson
> Sweden
>
> Verus Amicus Est Tamquam Alter Idem
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You want to troubleshoot with
 mysql -u root -p password
 mysql -u root -p password -h 127.0.0.1
 mysql -u root -p password -h localhost
rather than with DBI.

If that fails, start the mysql daemon with the --skip-grant-tables option
and browse the tables in the mysql database for clues.