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| Newer page: | version 6 | Last edited on Sunday, April 11, 2004 5:33:30 pm | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
| Older page: | version 2 | Last edited on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 12:00:03 am | by MattBrown | Revert |
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-!
!! Resetting a forgotten [MySQL] ''
root''
password
+!! Resetting a forgotten [MySQL] root password
-Instructions according
to [MySQL Documentation|http://www
.mysql
.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual
_Problems
.html#Resetting
_permissions
]
+You first need
to make
[MySQL] forget the current credentials
. This can only be done by the SuperUser or the user mysqld runs as, because the daemon must be stopped, which requires sending it a kill(1) signal (don't use __-9__!!)
. The [PID] is found in the _
_.pid
__ file normally found in the [MySQL
] database directory:
-! "Disable" the current passwords
+ __#__ kill `cat /path/to/mysql/datadirectory/''hostname''.pid`
-If
you are the SuperUser or the user
mysqld runs as, take it down by sending it a kill(1) (don't use
__-9
__!!). Its PID is stored in
a __.pid
__ normally found in the [MySQL] database directory:
- # kill `cat /mysql-data-directory/hostname.pid`
+Now
you can restart __
mysqld__ with the __--skip-grant
-tables
__ option so that you can set
a new password. There are two alternative ways to do so: either the
__mysqladmin
__ tool, by way of
-Now restart
__mysqld
__ with the
__--skip-grant-tables__ option and set a new password. There are two alternatives:
+
__$
__ mysqladmin -u root password 'mynewpassword'
+
__$__ mysqladmin
-h hostname flush
-privileges
-! Using mysqladmin
+or using the __mysql__ client:
-That
's as simple as
+ __$__ mysql -u root mysql
+ __mysql>__ UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD(
'mynewpassword') WHERE User='root' ;
+ __mysql>__ FLUSH PRIVILEGES ;
- mysqladmin -u root
password 'mynewpassword
'
- mysqladmin -h hostname flush-privileges
+You should now be able to connect using the new
password. __
''Test this!''__
-! Using the mysql client
+One final step remains: stop __mysqld__ and restart it normally.
-Connect
to the mysqld server with
:
+See also: [MySQL Manual: A.4.2 How
to reset
the Root Password | http
://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Resetting_permissions.html]
- mysql -u root mysql
+!! Clearing Unwanted Binary Log Files
-Issue the following commands
in the mysql client:
+mysql in some configurations can log all database activity to a binary log file (usually in /var/lib/mysql). If you have a busy site this can grow quite large. The recommended management solution
in the mysql manual is to remove binary log files that you no longer want. They suggest removing files that are older than 3 days. To remove all binary log files you can use the following command
- mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('mynewpassword') WHERE User='root';
- mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES
;
+ RESET MASTER
;
-! Done.
+!! [PHP] says the table handler is returning error 28
-You should now be able to connect using
the new password
. You can now stop mysqld and restart it normally
.
+If
the [mysql_error() | http://www
.php
.net/manual/en/function.mysql-error.php] [PHP] function returns
-!!! Clearing Unwanted Binary Log Files
-mysql in some configurations can log all database activity to a binary log file (usually in /var/lib/mysql). If you have a busy site this can grow quite large. The recommended management solution in the mysql manual is to remove binary log files that you no longer want. They suggest removing files that are older than 3 days. To remove all binary log files you can use the following command
+ Got error 28 from table handler
- RESET MASTER;
+this means your disk runneth over. Probably __/tmp__. Go clear it out.
