On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 11:06 -0500, Robert L Cochran wrote:
> All the heavier-weight database engines have their own user accounts, so
> they can grant or restrict permissions to various databases and tables
> based on who the user is. MySQL does this. Even though mysql has a root
> user that user is totally separate from the OS root account. You can
> also have a mysql user account named mickey even though your host box
> does not have such a user. So think only in terms of the defined MySQL
> users.
>
> You need to reset the MySQL root user password.
>
> There may be no password to start with. I wonder what happens if you
> just press enter when prompted for the password. If there is no
> password, then you can set one using mysqladmin. When you first start
> the mysqld server using 'service start mysqld' the syntax of the command
> is explained to you right on the terminal window.
>
> One more point. If you want to assign a password to a user on a specific
> host machine, such as 'mickey'@'mickeymouse.m1.org' then I believe that
> at the time someone attempts to log in with that username the actual
> machine name must resolve correctly on dns to 'mickeymouse.m1.org' or
> the user 'mickey' must have a password defined for the localhost machine
> ('mickey'@'localhost').
>
> To do reset the root password correctly, you can find copious details on
> the MySQL knowledgebase. Go to www.mysql.com and search off their
> knowledgebase. There is a method described for changing the password for
> the root user, but it is fairly complicated. I've used it successfully
> once or twice before when I made a mess of my own mysql root password.
>
> Another great resource is to read Paul DuBois book "MySQL". It is really
> the bible of all things MySQL. If you intend to use MySQL seriously then
> this book is mandatory purchasing and reading.
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I think original setup for mysql is for root user via local socket and
not via localhost so there actually isn't an account for root@localhost
thus attempting to connect via tcp/ip as root is doomed to fail out of
the box.
Craig
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