[OT] Mysql advice

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 13:34 -0400, Mark Haney wrote:
> Dennis Kaptain wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > I found this via a google search for "recover mysql root password"
> > http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/recover-mysql-root-password.html
> > 
> > It looks like exactly what you need if you somehow lost/mistyped/forgot the mysql root password.
> > 
> > Good luck
> > Dennis K
> > 
> 
> It's not lost or mistyped.  I can enter 'mysql -u root -p' and enter the 
> correct password and it works fine.  But, used to I could just enter 
> 'mysql' at the bash prompt and I would go straight into 'mysql>' without 
> needing a password.
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that requires configuration file /root/.my.cnf

Craig