Greetings.

I am trying to get my head round mysql. I found a grat tuorial on the internet but accidentally messed up one of the commands and now cannot get into mysql as root.

I need to scrub the settings I have entered thus far and start from scratch again.

Can anyone tell me where the file is with the passwords/user settings in please?

The username and password are stored within the db or tables, etc.

Have you simply tried to su to root on your machine and just running mysql, without specifying the password?

su -
<password>
mysql

mysql>

Should throw you right into the tables where you can update the password there.

here's what I'm experiencing;

su
<password>
mysql
ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO)

mysqladmin -u root password xxxxx
mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO)'

(as root)
mysql -p
xxxx

mysql>
however, I cannot enter the "mysqladmin blah" command from within mysql

hence wanting to know where the appropriate settings are kept so I can start from the beginning again with ALL settings

apologies if I haven't understood something fundamental here
like I said, trying to get the old head round mysql, started yesterday afternoon, screwed it up within 5 minutes
doh!

I don't really know, but I would guess that removing the user.* and maybe db.* from
or wherever your mysql datadir is (look in the configuration file).
(Move the files instead of deleting them. Just in case).

logging in is a pain to mysql. Heres what i always have to include (it only works for me as root)

mysql -u root -h 192.168.1.1 -p

<asks for password>

if i specify -h localhost or -h actual.host.name or -h my.ip or exclude the -h it will not work. not sure as to why.


hope that helps a little.

will have a play

have just managed to get knoda working, this allows for creation and manipulation of databases
and also managed to get a database created using openoffice

seriously steep learning curve!
(bearing in mind I've used access about three times and that is my total exeperience with databases)

thanks for the advice/help