On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 10:51 -0500, Jim Perrin wrote: > > > > rpm -e mysql-server > > yum install mysql-server > > > > should accomplish what you want. > > > > Only think I'd add to this is that removing the rpm doesn't remove any > of the existing db files in /var/lib/mysql/ so if something is hosed > in them, it will remain hosed on new install. If you haven't put > anything in the db yet, I'd nuke the files in /var/lib/mysql/ before > the yum install mysql-server command. ---- cli - as root... # service mysqld stop # rm -fr /var/lib/mysql/* # completely purges all databases (beware) # service mysqld start # sets up default databases again # mysqladmin - u root password 'new-password' # sets root password # for mysql ### note by default, root user doesn't have a password # chkconfig mysqld on # start mysql server daemon to automatically # start up on common run levels Craig