storing root password rpm spec file

Patrick Doyle wpdster at gmail.com
Thu Dec 21 13:51:01 UTC 2006


> A (very) dirty trick is to let the installation script
> stop the mysqld daemon, start it again with --skip-grant-tables,
> load your databases (no password is then required), and
> restart the daemon normally.
>
wow!
I am speechless with admiration for the sheer beauty of this "(very)
dirty trick".  It is exactly that, but it is exactly the solution to
the OP's problem.

As I said,

wow!

peace
--wpd




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