mwkohout wrote:
>
> I was trying to change my password on my root mysql account, when I
> accidently typed this:
>
> prompt% mysqladmin -u root password new-password
>
> now I can't seem to access the db...it outputs this:
>
> ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password:
> NO)
>
> any help would be great...thanks
> mike kohout
>
To recover a corrupted password, start mysqld with --skip-grant,
connect, manually fix the password, then restart it normally.
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