Dave Foran wrote:
I have a major issue of sorts ;-)
I have no idea what the password for root is
I have tried a a number of recommended edits to try and either delete or
replace the password but all have failed.
The rpm on FC3 CD will not permit removal as yum has updated the file
routine. I d/l the currant rpm and it will not allow removal. It says,
this in not installed..
Any good thoughts short of re-installing everything and that is not a
viable idea..
I need I think a way to un-install mysql and do a clean install..
Any thoughts ??
Thanks
Dave
Yah I've had that happen to me before. I think there's a better solution
to what I'm about to suggest, I'll google for it later.
# service mysql stop
# mv /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysql_working
# rpm -e MySQL-server # you may need to erase some other packages
to get this to work
then
# yum insall MySQL # if that's what you really want
or
browse to http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/4.1.html and download the
necessary RPMS and
# rpm -ivh MySQL*.rpm
After you get your mysql back up and running, copy back in your database
from /var/lib/mysql_working , ensuring not to copy the mysql database.
Then just resetup your perms for the dbases and tables.
You might want to check these links first though#
http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/171366
http://www.alt-php-faq.org/local/70/
