Todd Cary writes: > Darn! I must have either made a typo or my use of a ";" in the > MySQL root password so now I am locked out. > > Is there a work around or do I have to uninstall MySQL and reinstall? service mysqld stop mysqld_safe --user=mysql --skip-grant-tables & mysql -u root update mysql.user set password=password("blahcopter") where user="root"; flush privileges; exit; service mysqld restart Written from (very volatile) memory so double check the commands.. -- Nux! www.nux.ro