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Per Jessen wrote:
Duaine & Laura Hechler wrote:
Suse 11.0
Somehow the MySQL db has gotten completely hosed - thankfully I no active db's
How do I re-install MySQL to get usage of the DB - including setting the root password ?
Reinstall the mysql packages, then use mysqladmin to set the password.
Installed packages, rebooted and: hechler:~ # /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'root' /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)' Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' exists! Duaine -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler@att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org