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..
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