FC-4 mySQL-Server Problems

[Mircea Hutanu]

Try this :

/etc/init.d/mysqld stop

safe_mysqld --user=root --pid-file=/usr/local/mysql/data/mysqld.pid
--skip-grant-tables &

mysql -u root mysql

This way you can enter mysql in safe mode .. and see what the problem is !

On 7/22/05, Tomas Larsson <ktl at bornet.net> wrote:
> 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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