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Accidentally deleted root account - backup available, how to restore?
Posted by: Sander Overvliet
Date: March 27, 2006 08:10AM

Hello,

I've made a major booboo just about an hour ago; I managed to blindly delete the root account from the mysql user list through Webmin while on a cleanup spree. As you might be able to tell i'm completely stuck, no permissions to do anything, and I would really like to get access back.
I have, by stroke of luck, a backup of all databases I made some time ago.. the problem is, without permissions, how do I get it back in there?

Is there any way to do this without completely removing MySQL from my machine and reinstalling it?

Server details:
Mandriva Linux 10.2, MySQL 4.1.11, Apache 2, PHP4, etc.

I've got a backup of the 'mysql' database that I believe holds the usernames/passwords? If I can just restore that i'd be grateful.


Thank you for your time



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/27/2006 08:11AM by Sander Overvliet.

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